David Bergen, “The Matter with Morris”

David Bergen won the 2005 Scotiabank Giller Prize for his novel The Time In Between. The recent winner of the Writers' Trust Award for a writer in mid-career, David Bergen lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba

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Alexander MacLeod, “Light Lifting”

Alexander MacLeod was born in Inverness, Cape Breton and raised in Windsor, Ontario.

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Sarah Selecky, “This Cake is for the Party”

Sarah Selecky grew up in Northern Ontario and Southern Indiana.

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Johanna Skibsrud, “The Sentimentalists”

Johanna Skibsrud’s first poetry collection, Late Nights With Wild Cowboys, was published in 2008 by Gaspereau Press and was shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Award.

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Kathleen Winter, “Annabel”

Kathleen Winter has written dramatic and documentary scripts for Sesame Street and CBC Television. Her first collection of short stories, boYs, was the winner of both the Winterset Award and the 2006 Metcalfe-Rooke Award. A long-time resident of St. John's, Newfoundland, she now lives in Montreal.

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