Riel_Nason

Riel Nason

Riel Nason

Canadian novelist

Riel Nason is a Canadian novelist.[1] Her debut novel The Town That Drowned, published in 2011 by Goose Lane Editions, won the Commonwealth Book Prize for Canada and Europe in 2012.[2] It was also awarded the 2012 Margaret and John Savage First Book Award, was shortlisted for several other literary awards, and was longlisted for the 2013 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.

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She lives in Quispamsis, New Brunswick.[1] Nason is also a textile artist (quilter) and has had several exhibits of her original work as well as writing two books on the topic.

Works

  • The Town That Drowned (2011, ISBN 9780864926401)
  • All The Things We Leave Behind (2016)
  • Modern Selvage Quilting (2016)
  • Sew a Modern Halloween (2017)
  • The Little Ghost Who Was a Quilt (2020)

References

  1. [1]
    "Riel Nason: Novelist". Canadian Living, December 2013.
  2. [2]
    "Riel Nason's The Town That Drowned wins regional Commonwealth Book Prize". National Post, May 22, 2012.


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