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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. For more information, visit her official site.

Books by Sandra Birdsell

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

• 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

• Saskatchewan Book Awards: Regina Book Award
  • 1997 – The Two-Headed Calf – Co-winner
  • 2001 – The Russländer – Winner

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

Added 22 February 2006.
Updated 24 March 2010.