Sarah Selecky
Sarah Selecky | |
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Born | Hanmer, Ontario |
Occupation | Writer, entrepreneur (Story Is A State of Mind)[1] |
Nationality | Canadian |
Alma mater | Trent University |
Notable works | This Cake Is for the Party |
Website | |
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Sarah Selecky (born 17 September 1974) is a Canadian writer.[2] Her debut short story collection This Cake Is for the Party was a shortlisted nominee for the Scotiabank Giller Prize[3] and longlisted for the Frank O'Connor Short Story Award[4] in 2010.
Raised in the Hanmer area of Greater Sudbury,[5] she graduated from Trent University. She attended the University of Victoria's undergraduate writing program briefly before returning to Toronto to pursue her writing career. While living in Toronto, she completed the University of British Columbia's Optional-Residency MFA in Creative Writing. She published short stories in The Walrus, Geist, The Journey Prize Anthology, The New Quarterly and Prairie Fire before publishing This Cake Is for the Party in early 2010.
Selecky launched an online writing instruction course, Story Is a State of Mind, in 2011.[1]
References
- 1 2 "Story Is a State of Mind".
- ↑ "Sarah Selecky - The Canadian Encyclopedia". Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- ↑ "Rachman, Bergen, Urquhart and Coupland on Giller long list". The Globe and Mail, September 20, 2010.
- ↑ Frank O'Connor Short Story Award Longlist.
- ↑ "Telling stories from the north". Northern Life, August 14, 2010.