Emma Hooper is a Canadian writer."How a move to England helped Emma Hooper write about Saskatchewan"
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'', February 22, 2015. She is most notable for her 2018 novel ''Our Homesick Songs'', which was named as a longlisted nominee for the 2018

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. Born and raised in

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, she moved to England in 2004 after completing her B.A. in music and writing at the

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. She completed an M.A. in creative writing at

Bath Spa University Bath Spa University is a public university in Bath, England, with its main campus at Newton Park, about west of the centre of the city. The university has other campuses in the city of Bath, and one at Corsham Court in Wiltshire. The instit ...

before undertaking a Ph.D. in creative and critical writing at the

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, which she completed in 2010. She subsequently taught at Bath Spa University. Her debut novel, ''Etta and Otto and Russell and James,'' was published in 2015, and was a shortlisted finalist for the

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. ''Our Homesick Songs'' followed in 2018. ''We Should Not Be Afraid of the Sky'' was longlisted for the inaugural

Carol Shields Prize for Fiction The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction is a North American literary award, created in 2020 to honour literature by women.Scottie Andrew"A new literary prize will award more than $100,000 to a North American writer. The only criteria? No men". CNN, Feb ...

in 2023.Deborah Dundas
"5 Canadians nominated for first Carol Shields Prize for Fiction for women and non-binary writers, worth $150,000 (U.S.)"
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'', March 8. 2023.

Bibliography

*''Etta and Otto and Russell and James'' (2015) *''Our Homesick Songs'' (2018) *''We Should Not Be Afraid of the Sky'' (2022)

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