Casey Plett (born June 20, 1987) is a Canadian writer, best known for her novel '' Little Fish'' and

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-nominated short story collection ''A Dream of a Woman''.

Personal life

Plett was born in

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and grew up in a

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family in

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. She attended high school in

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and later moved to Portland for college and New York for graduate school. She currently lives in

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Career

Plett previously wrote a regular column about her

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for ''

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''."Winnipeg author mines her experiences and those of other trans women in fearless collection of short stories". ''

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'', June 19, 2014. She is a book reviewer for the ''

'' and has published work in ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''Two Serious Ladies''. In addition to her work as an author she is the co-editor with Cat Fitzpatrick of ''Meanwhile, Elsewhere: Science Fiction and Fantasy from Transgender Writers'', an anthology of speculative fiction from trans authors from Topside Press. ''Meanwhile, Elsewhere'' received a

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in 2018. She has cited

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, and

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as some of her influences. Her short story collection ''A Dream of a Woman'' was longlisted for the 2021

."Miriam Toews, Omar El Akkad & Katherena Vermette among 12 authors longlisted for $100K Scotiabank Giller Prize"

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, September 8, 2021. Plett is on the Giller Prize jury for 2022.

Awards

Works

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References

External links

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