Shandi Mitchell is a Canadian

novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living writing novels and other fiction, while others aspire to ...

and filmmaker. Her

first novel A debut novel is the first novel a novelist publishes. Debut novels are often the author's first opportunity to make an impact on the publishing industry, and thus the success or failure of a debut novel can affect the ability of the author to pu ...

''Under This Unbroken Sky'' won a 2010

Commonwealth Writers' Prize Commonwealth Foundation presented a number of prizes between 1987 and 2011. The main award was called the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and was composed of two prizes: the Best Book Prize (overall and regional) was awarded from 1987 to 2011; the Best ...

and other awards. She graduated from

Dalhousie University Dalhousie University (commonly known as Dal) is a large public research university in Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the fou ...

. Her newest novel, ''The Waiting Hours'', is slated for publication in 2019.

Awards and honors

*2012:

Kobzar Literary Award KOBZAR Book Award is a biennial literary award that "recognizes outstanding contributions to Canadian literary arts by authors who develop a Ukrainian Canadian theme with literary merit". The prize is . It is awarded in one of several genres: liter ...

, ''Under This Unbroken Sky'' *2010:

(first novel, Canada and the Caribbean), ''Under This Unbroken Sky'' *2010:

Thomas Head Raddall Award The Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award is a Canadian literary award administered by the Atlantic Book Awards & Festival for the best work of adult fiction published in the previous year by a writer from the Atlantic provinces.

, ''Under This Unbroken Sky'' *2008: Victor Martin-Lynch Staunton Endowment in Media Arts, Canada Council

Works

Literary *2011 - ''Under This Unbroken Sky'' () *2019 - ''The Waiting Hours'' Film *2002 ''Baba's House'' (short) *2005 ''Tell Me'' (short) *2012 '' The Disappeared''

References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mitchell, Shandi Canadian women novelists Living people Dalhousie University alumni 21st-century Canadian novelists Year of birth missing (living people)