Eliza K. Robertson is a Canadian writer. She studied creative writing and political science at the University of Victoria and graduated with an MA in creative writing from the University of East Anglia in 2012, where she is currently pursuing a PhD in Creative and Critical Writing. Eliza was a joint winner of the 2013

Commonwealth Short Story Prize The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is awarded annually for the best piece of unpublished short fiction (2,000 to 5,000 words). The prize is open to citizens of member states of the Commonwealth of Nations aged 18 and over. The Commonwealth Short ...

and has been longlisted twice for the prestigious

Writers' Trust The Writers' Buildings, often shortened to just Writers, is the official secretariat building of the state government of West Bengal in Kolkata, India. The 150-meter long building covers the entire northern stretch of the iconic Lal Dighi pond a ...

/ McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize. She was a Journey Prize finalist in 2013 for "My Sister Sang." Robertson's first full-length novel, Demi-Gods, was released in 2017.

Awards

*2013 Journey Prize finalist for "My Sister Sang," published in ''Grain'' *2013

, ''We Walked On Water''

Bibliography

* '' Wallflowers'' (2014) , * ''

Demi-Gods A demigod or demigoddess is a part-human and part-divine offspring of a deity and a human, or a human or non-human creature that is accorded divine status after death, or someone who has attained the "divine spark" (spiritual enlightenment). An ...

'' (2017) ,

References

Living people University of Victoria alumni Alumni of the University of East Anglia Canadian women short story writers Writers from Vancouver 21st-century Canadian women writers 21st-century Canadian short story writers Year of birth missing (living people) {{Canada-writer-stub