Eliza K. Robertson is a

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writer. She studied creative writing and political science at the

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and graduated with an MA in creative writing from the

University of East Anglia The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and 26 schools of study. The annual income of the institution f ...

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 and has been longlisted twice for the prestigious Writers' Trust / McClelland & Stewart

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. 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

finalist for "My Sister Sang," published in ''Grain'' *2013 Commonwealth Short Story Prize, ''We Walked On Water''

Bibliography

* '' Wallflowers'' (2014) , * '' Demi-Gods'' (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