Lisa Alward
Lisa Alward (born 1962) is a Canadian short story writer based in Fredericton, New Brunswick.
Originally from Halifax, Nova Scotia,[1] Alward was educated at the University of Toronto and Queen Mary University of London, and worked in publishing for many years, returning to creative writing after turning 50 in 2012.[2]
Alward won The Fiddlehead's Short Fiction Prize in 2015 for her short story "Cocktail",[1] and The New Quarterly's Peter Hinchcliffe Award for Short Fiction in 2016 for her story "Old Growth".[2] Both are included in Cocktail, published by Biblioasis in 2023, which won the Danuta Gleed Literary Award for the best first collection of short fiction published by a Canadian in English,[3] as well as the New Brunswick 2024 Mrs. Dunster's Award for Fiction, and was longlisted for the 2024 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction.[4][5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Reid Lodge, "An Interview with Lisa Alward". The Fiddlehead, May 13, 2015.
- ^ a b Pamela Mulloy, "“Old Growth”: An interview with Lisa Alward, winner of the 2016 Peter Hinchcliffe Fiction Award". The New Quarterly, 2016.
- ^ Cassandra Drudi, "Lisa Alward wins 2023 Danuta Gleed Literary Award". Quill & Quire, June 12th, 2024.
- ^ Cassandra Drudi, "Longlist announced for $150K Carol Shields Prize for Fiction". Quill & Quire, March 8, 2024.
- ^ Lucy E.M. Black, "Cocktail by Lisa Alward". Miramichi Reader, August 1, 2023.
- ^ Dave Williamson, "Delicious diversions: Debut story collection deftly captures hilarity and hardships of daily life". Winnipeg Free Press, September 16, 2023.
