Andrew Battershill is a

Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

writer who cofounded the online literary magazine ''Dragnet Magazine'' with Jeremy Hanson-Finger''.''"Dragnet Magazine: Seriously Funny"
. ''Open Book Toronto'', December 2, 2011. In 2016, his debut novel, ''Pillow'', was longlisted for the

Scotiabank Giller Prize The Giller Prize (sponsored as the Scotiabank Giller Prize), is a literary award given to a Canadian author of a novel or short story collection published in English (including translation) the previous year, after an annual juried competition be ...

and the

Sunburst Award The Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic is an annual award given for a speculative fiction novel or a book-length collection. History The name of the award comes from the title of the first novel by Phyllis Gotlieb, ''Sunburst' ...

, and a finalist for the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize in 2016. His second novel, ''Marry, Bang, Kill'', won the 2019

ReLit Award The ReLit Awards are Canadian literary prizes awarded annually to book-length works in the novel, short-story and poetry categories."Three indie writers honoured by ReLit Awards". ''The Globe and Mail'', July 19, 2007. Founded in 2000 by Newfoundla ...

for fiction. Originally from

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, Battershills studied creative writing at the

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and served as the 2017-2018

Writer-in-Residence Artist-in-residence, or artist residencies, encompass a wide spectrum of artistic programs which involve a collaboration between artists and hosting organisations, institutions, or communities. They are programs which provide artists with space a ...

at the

Regina Public Library The Regina Public Library is the citywide public library system of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Services *Information and reference services *Access to full text databases *Community information *Internet access *Reader's advisory services ...

. He is the brother of writer

Claire Battershill Claire Battershill is a Canadian fiction writer and literary scholar."The storytell ...

Awards

Publications

* ''Pillow'' (2015,

Coach House Books Coach House Books is an independent book publishing company located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Coach House publishes experimental poetry, fiction, drama and non-fiction. The press is particularly interested in writing that pushes at the boundar ...

) * ''Marry, Bang, Kill'' (2018,

Goose Lane Editions Goose Lane Editions is a Canadian book publishing company founded in 1954 in Fredericton, New Brunswick as Fiddlehead Poetry Books by Fred Cogswell and a group of students and faculty from the University of New Brunswick associated with ''The Fid ...

)

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* 21st-century Canadian novelists Canadian male novelists Writers from British Columbia Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Canadian male writers University of Toronto alumni {{DEFAULTSORT:Battershill, Andrew