Maureen Medved is a Canadian writer and playwright. She is also an assistant professor at the

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. She has been published in literary journals and magazines and has had her plays produced in

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, British Columbia, Waterloo, Ontario and

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, Ontario. She wrote a screenplay based on her first novel '' The Tracey Fragments'', which was made into a film of the same name directed by Bruce McDonald and starring Elliot Page. Her 2018 novel ''Black Star'' was shortlisted for the 2019

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for fiction and won the CAA Fred Kerner Book Award in 2019."40 books shortlisted for 2019 ReLit Awards"

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, April 12, 2021.

Bibliography

* ''The Tracey Fragments'', House of Anansi Press, 2007 * ''Black Star'', Anvil Press, 2018

References

External links

UBC Faculty Page
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