Darcy Tamayose is a Canadian writer from

Lethbridge Lethbridge ( ) is a city in the province of Alberta, Canada. With a population of 101,482 in its 2019 Alberta municipal censuses, 2019 municipal census, Lethbridge became the fourth Alberta city to surpass 100,000 people. The nearby Canadian ...

, Alberta. She is most noted for her short story collection ''Ezra's Ghosts'', which was a shortlisted finalist for the

Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize The Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, formerly known as the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, is a Canadian literary award presented by the Writers' Trust of Canada after an annual juried competition of works submitted by publishers. ...

in 2022. She previously published the novel ''Odori'' in 2007, and the young adult novel ''Katie Be Quiet'' in 2008. ''Odori'' was the winner of the Canada-Japan Literary Award in 2008. She is currently a PhD student in Cultural, Social, and Political Thought at the University of Lethbridge studying the Okinawan Canadian diaspora. Her M.A. in History (also from the University of Lethbridge) explored the kika nisei journey of Naoko Shimabukuro which spanned from southern Alberta to Hamahiga Island with focus on the Okinawan Canadian civilian frontline experience during the Second World War Battle of Okinawa.

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