Carol Bruneau (born 1956) is a Canadian writer.

Biography

She lives in

Halifax, Nova Scotia Halifax is the capital and largest municipality of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the largest municipality in Atlantic Canada. As of the 2021 Census, the municipal population was 439,819, with 348,634 people in its urban area. The ...

, where she has taught writing at NSCAD (

Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University NSCAD University, also known as the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design or NSCAD, is a public art university in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The university is a co-educational institution that offers bachelor's and master's degrees. The uni ...

) and Dalhousie University. She has a master's degree in English literature from

Dalhousie University Dalhousie University (commonly known as Dal) is a large public research university in Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the fou ...

and a master's degree in journalism from the University of Western Ontario, and has worked extensively as a workshop leader and mentor to new and emerging writers. She has authored six novels and three short story collections. Her first novel ''Purple for Sky'' (2000) won the

Thomas Head Raddall Award The Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award is a Canadian literary award administered by the Atlantic Book Awards & Festival for the best work of adult fiction published in the previous year by a writer from the Atlantic provinces.

and the fiction category of the

Dartmouth Book Awards Dartmouth may refer to: Places * Dartmouth, Devon, England ** Dartmouth Harbour * Dartmouth, Massachusetts, United States * Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada * Dartmouth, Victoria, Australia Institutions * Dartmouth College, Ivy League university in ...

in 2001. The book was also shortlisted that year for the

Pearson Readers' Choice Award Pearson may refer to: Organizations Education *Lester B. Pearson College, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada *Pearson College (UK), London, owned by Pearson PLC *Lester B. Pearson High School (disambiguation) Companies *Pearson PLC, a UK-based int ...

. Her most recent short fiction collection ''A Bird on Every Tree'' was shortlisted for the 2018 Raddall Award and Dartmouth Book Award, and her 2018 novel, ''A Circle on the Surface'' won the 2019 Jim Connors Dartmouth Book Award for Fiction. Her novel ''Glass Voices'' was a Globe and Mail Best Book for 2007. Two of her novels have been published internationally. Her articles, reviews and essays have been published nationwide in newspapers, journals and anthologies. Her latest novel ''Brighten the Corner Where You Are''is inspired by the life and art of Nova Scotian folk artist Maud Lewis.

Bibliography

*''After the Angel Mill'' - 1995 *''Depth Rapture'' - 1998 *''Purple for Sky'' - 2000 (U.S. title: ''A Purple Thread for Sky'') *''Why Men Fish Where They Do'' - 2001 *''Berth''. Cormorant, 2005 *''Glass Voices''. Cormorant, 2007, re-released Nimbus Publishing/Vagrant Press, 2018 *''These Good Hands''. Cormorant, 2015. *''A Bird on Every Tree''. Nimbus Publishing/Vagrant Press, 2018 *''A Circle on the Surface''. Nimbus/Vagrant, 2018 *''Brighten the Corner Where You Are: A Novel Inspired by the Life of Maud Lewis''. Nimbus/Vagrant, 2020.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bruneau, Carol 1956 births Living people Canadian women novelists 20th-century Canadian novelists 21st-century Canadian novelists 20th-century Canadian women writers 21st-century Canadian women writers NSCAD University faculty Writers from Halifax, Nova Scotia