Valerie Compton (born 1963) is a Canadian writer and journalist. Compton grew up in Bangor, Prince Edward Island and studied at the University of King's College. She has lived in Edmonton, Calgary, and Rothesay, New Brunswick. Compton has been writing short fiction for over twenty years, has written one novel, writes nonfiction articles, and works as a freelance editor and mentor to emerging writers. She now lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia.Goose Lane Editions , Valerie Compton
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Writing

Author of the novel ''Tide Road'' (Goose Lane Editions, 2011) which was named a best book of 2011 by the Telegraph-Journal.Goose Lane Editions , ''Tide Road''
/ref> Compton's short fiction has been published in ''The Malahat Review, The New Quarterly,The New Quarterly Issue 119
/ref> Riddle Fence,Riddle Fence Issue 6
/ref> Grain (magazine), Grain, echolocation,Echolocation Magazine Archives
/ref> Room (magazine), Room, The Dalhousie Review, The Antigonish Review'' and the anthology ''Riptides: New Island Fiction.''Canadian Book Review , ''Riptides: New Island Fiction''
/ref> Her nonfiction articles and reviews have been published in ''The Globe and Mail'',The Globe and Mail Review of ''Tending the Earth: A Gardener's Manifesto''
/ref> ''The National Post'', ''The Ottawa Citizen'', ''Gourmet (magazine), Gourmet'', ''The Edmonton Journal'', ''The Calgary Herald'', ''Quill & Quire'', and ''The Winnipeg Review'', among other periodicals.

Awards

''Tide Road'' was a finalist for the 2012 Thomas Head Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award.Valerie Compton's road to the Thomas Head Raddal Award for Atlantic Fiction
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/ref> Compton has been shortlisted twice for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC Literary AwardsQuill & Quire , ''Tide Road'' Review
/ref> and has an Island Literary Award for ''Bluebird People in 2006.''Writer's Federation of Nova Scotia , Valerie Compton
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# [http://www.winnipegreview.com/wp/2011/03/tide-road-by-valerie-compton/ Winnipeg Review , Review of ''Tide Road'' by Valerie Compton] {{DEFAULTSORT:Compton, Valerie Canadian women novelists 1963 births Writers from Prince Edward Island Living people People from Kings County, Prince Edward Island 21st-century Canadian novelists 21st-century Canadian women writers