Tracey Waddleton (born September 1, 1979) is a Canadian writer from

Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...

. Her debut short story collection, ''Send More Tourists...the Last Ones Were Delicious'', was the 2020 winner of the

ReLit Award The ReLit Awards are Canadian literary prizes awarded annually to book-length works in the novel, short-story and poetry categories."Three indie writers honoured by ReLit Awards". ''The Globe and Mail'', July 19, 2007. Founded in 2000 by Newfoundla ...

for short fiction. Waddleton was born in St. John's, but grew up in the small town of

Trepassey Trepassey () is a small fishing community located in Trepassey Bay on the south eastern corner of the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland and Labrador. It was in Trepassey Harbour where the flight of the ''Friendship'' took off, with Amelia Earhart ...

. An earlier draft of ''Send More Tourists'' was shortlisted for the province's Fresh Fish Award for emerging writers in 2013, before being published in 2019 by

Breakwater Books Breakwater Books Ltd. is a Canadian publishing company based in Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost provinces and territories of Canada, pr ...

.Carly Rosalie Vandergriendt
"Stories that Travel"
''Montreal Review of Books'', Fall 2019.

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