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Lynn Coady grew up in Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia and in the Margaree Valley. She earned a B.A. from Carleton University in 1993 and an M.F.A. in creative writing from the University of British Columbia. Coady lives in Edmonton, Alberta.

Books by Lynn Coady

	1998 Strange Heaven (novel)
	2000 Play the Monster Blind (short stories)
	2002 Saints of Big Harbour (novel)
	2006 Mean Boy (novel)
	2011 The Antagonist (novel)
	2013 Hellgoing (short stories)
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Awards

• Giller Prize
  • 2011 – The Antagonist – Shortlisted
  • 2013 – Hellgoing – Winner

• Governor General's Literary Awards: Fiction
  • 1998 – Strange Heaven – Shortlisted

• Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize
  • 2000 – Play the Monster Blind – Shortlisted
  • 2013 – Hellgoing – Shortlisted

Links

• Official site

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Added 21 November 2008.
Updated 07 March 2014.