Claudia Dey (born 1972/1973) is a Canadian writer, based out of Toronto.
Dey's
first novel
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, ''Stunt'', was published by
Coach House Books
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. It was one of
The Globe and Mail
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's "2008 Globe 100" and
Quill and Quire
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's "Books of the Year." It was nominated for the Amazon First Novel Award.
Dey's second novel, ''Heartbreaker'', was published by
Random House
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(U.S.),
HarperCollins
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(Canada), and The Borough Press (U.K.) It was listed by
Publishers Weekly
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in "Writers to Watch Fall 2018: Anticipated Debuts" and was on The Millions "Most Anticipated: The Great Second Half 2018 Book Preview".
From 2007 to 2009, Dey wrote the "Group Therapy" column in ''
The Globe and Mail
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''. She also wrote the sex column in Toro under the pseudonym Bebe O'Shea. Her writing and interviews have been published in
The Paris Review
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and The Believer.
She is also the author of several plays: Beaver (2000), The Gwendolyn Poems (2002) and Trout Stanley (2005). They have been performed in Toronto, Montreal, New York and Vancouver. ''The Gwendolyn Poems'', about Canadian poet,
Gwendolyn MacEwen
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Trillium Book Award
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.
In addition to her literary work, Dey has also acted in three feature films,
Amy George
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The Intestine
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The film premiered at the Vancouver International Fi ...
(2016), and is a co-founder of the design studio and clothing brand, Horses Atelier.
Education
Dey studied English literature at
McGill University
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and playwriting at the
National Theatre School of Canada
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