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Sandra Birdsell (née Bartlette) was born in 1942 in Hamiota, Manitoba and grew up in Morris. After many years in Winnipeg, she moved to Regina, Saskatchewan in 1996. In addition to her novels and short stories, Birdsell has written radio dramas, film scripts, and plays.

Books by Sandra Birdsell

	1982 Night Travellers (short stories)
	1984 Ladies of the House (short stories)
	1987 Agassiz Stories (combines Night Travellers and Ladies of the House. Also published as Agassiz, A Novel in Stories 1991)
	1989 The Missing Child (novel)
	1992 The Chrome Suite (novel)
	1997 The Two-Headed Calf (short stories)
	1997 The Town That Floated Away (children)
	2001 The Russländer (novel, also published as Katya 2004)
	2005 Children of the Day (novel)
	2010 Waiting for Joe (novel)
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Awards

• Books in Canada First Novel Award
  • 1989 – The Missing Child – Winner

• Giller Prize
  • 2001 – The Russlander – Shortlisted

• Governor General's Literary Award: Fiction
  • 1992 – The Chrome Suite – Shortlisted
  • 1997 – The Two-Headed Calf – Shortlisted
  • 2010 – Waiting for Joe – Shortlisted

• Marian Engel Award
  • 1993 – Winner

• Saskatchewan Book Awards: Book of the Year
  • 1997 – The Two-Headed Calf – Winner
  • 2001 – The Russländer – Winner
  • 2005 – Children of the Day – Shortlisted

• Saskatchewan Book Awards: Children
  • 1997 – The Town that Floated Away – Winner

• Saskatchewan Book Awards: Fiction
  • 1997 – The Two-Headed Calf – Shortlisted
  • 2001 – The Russländer – Winner
  • 2005 – Children of the Day – Winner
  • 2010 – Waiting for Joe – Winner

• Saskatchewan Book Awards: Regina Book Award
  • 1997 – The Two-Headed Calf – Co-winner
  • 2001 – The Russländer – Winner
  • 2010 – Waiting for Joe – Shortlisted

• Silver Birch Award
  • 2000 – The Town That Floated Away – Shortlisted

Links

• Official site

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Added 22 February 2006.
Updated 01 June 2014.