| Eden Robinson (Can) | | | Is a First Nations woman whose father is Haisla and whose mother is Heiltsuk (Bella Bella). She grew up in Haisla territory near Kitimat, BC., and published her first book - a collection of stories called Traplines - in 1996. Traplines was selected as a New York Times Editor’s Choice and Notable Book of the Year and won the Winifred Holtby Prize for the best first work of fiction in the Commonwealth. With Monkey Beach, her first novel, Robinson weaves comedy and the dark underside of life together in a spellbinding, vividly poignant and often hilarious story about childhood and the pain of growing older. |
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