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Avner Mandelman

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Avner Mandelman
Occupationwriter
NationalityCanadian
Period2000s-present
Notable worksThe Debba
Notable awardsSophie Brody Award (2006)

Avner Mandelman is an Israeli-Canadian businessman and writer. His debut novel The Debba, published in 2010, won the 2011 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel,[1] and was a longlisted nominee for the 2010 Scotiabank Giller Prize.[2]

A former hedge fund manager in Toronto, Ontario,[3] Mandelman has also published two short story collections and the investment guide The Sleuth Investor.[3] His short story collection Talking to the Enemy won the first Sophie Brody Award for outstanding achievement in Jewish literature from the American Library Association in 2006.[4] Talking to the Enemy, containing stories featured in The Best American Short Stories and The Pushcart Prize Stories, was recognized as a Best Book of 2005 by Kirkus Reviews and won the J. I. Segal Award for Fiction in 2000.

Works

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  • Talking to the Enemy (1998, ISBN 9781583227299)
  • Cuckoo (2004, ISBN 9780778012382)
  • The Sleuth Investor (2007, ISBN 9780071481854)
  • The Debba (2010, ISBN 9781590513705)
  • The Advanced Sleuth Investor (2023, ISBN 9781738804429)
  • The Undertaker's Daughter (2023, ISBN 9781738804450)

References

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  1. ^ "Penny, Cameron win Arthur Ellis Awards". The Globe and Mail, June 4, 2011.
  2. ^ "Giller longlist announced". Vancouver Sun, September 21, 2010.
  3. ^ a b "When assessing a company, check the sparkplugs". The Globe and Mail, July 31, 2010.
  4. ^ "Avner Mandelman receives first Sophie Brody Medal for outstanding achievement in Jewish literature". American Library Association, January 24, 2006.
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