Sheila Murray is a Canadian writer.[1] Her debut novel Finding Edward was published in 2022, and was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 2022 Governor General's Awards.[2]
Finding Edward centres on Cyril Rowntree, a young mixed-race man from Jamaica who moves to Toronto as an international student, and connects with Edward Davina, an isolated elderly man whose life followed a similar path.[3] It was published in July 2022 by Cormorant Books.[4]
The novel was also a finalist for the 2023 Toronto Book Awards.[5]
Murray was born in St Albans, England, and emigrated to Canada with her family as a teenager.[1] She is based in Hamilton, Ontario, where she coordinates a climate change activist project.[1] She has also published short fiction in various Canadian literary magazines.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "'Histories That are Buried Beneath the Mainstream' Sheila Murray on Telling the Stories of Two Mixed Race Men in Her New Novel". Open Book, July 29, 2022.
- ↑ "The finalists for the 2022 Governor General's Literary Award for fiction". CBC Books, October 12, 2022.
- ↑ Whitney French, "Finding Edward, by Sheila Murray". Quill & Quire, June 2022.
- ↑ Michael Schaub, "Shelia (sic) Murray’s ‘Finding Edward’ Comes Out July 19". Kirkus Reviews, July 10, 2022.
- ↑ "Shortlist announced for 2023 Toronto Book Awards". Quill & Quire, September 5, 2023.