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Eden Robinson was born Vicki Lena Robinson on 19 January 1968 on the Haisla Nation Kitamaat Reserve in British Columbia. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in creative writing in 1992 from the University of Victoria and a Masters degree in creative writing from the University of British Columbia. Her uncle, Gordon Robinson, was the first published Haisla writer and her sister, Carla Robinson, is a news anchor for CBC television. Robinson is of Haisla and Heiltsuk heritage and lives in Kitamaat Village.

Books by Eden Robinson

	1996 Traplines (short stories)	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	2000 Monkey Beach (novel)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	2006 Blood Sports (novel)	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
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Awards

• Governor General's Literary Award: Fiction (English)
  • 2000 – Monkey Beach – Shortlisted

• Giller Prize
  • 2000 – Monkey Beach – Shortlisted

• Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize
  • 2001 – Monkey Beach – Winner

Added 13 June 2006.
Updated 12 August 2009.