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Paige Cooper
Canadian writer
Paige Cooper is a Canadian writer, originally from Canmore, Alberta[1] and currently based in Montreal, Quebec.[2] Her debut short story collection Zolitude was named as a longlisted nominee for the 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize,[3] a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction,[4] a shortlisted finalist for the Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction in 2018,[5] and a runner-up for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award.[6] Zolitude won the 2018 Concordia University First Book Prize.[7] A French translation of Zolitude was published by Éditions du Boréal in 2019.[8] The French translation was shortlisted for Le Prix de Traduction de la Fondation Cole in 2020.[9]
The collection derives its title from Zolitūde, an apartment block in Riga, Latvia where a major shopping centre underwent a roof collapse in 2013.[10] The book's stories have been described as speculative fiction.[11]
Her short stories have also appeared in The Fiddlehead, West Branch, Michigan Quarterly Review, Gulf Coast Online, Canadian Notes & Queries, The New Quarterly and the Journey Prize anthology.[11]
In 2019, Paige was voted 3rd best living author in Montreal.[12]
In 2020, she edited a collection of short stories, Best Canadian Stories 2020.[13]
