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Carol Shields (nee Warner) was born 2 June 1935 in Oak Park, Illinois and moved to Canada in 1957. She received a B.A. from Hanover College and an M.A. from the University of Ottawa. Shields taught at several universities before becoming Chancellor of the University of Winnipeg in 1996. In 2000, she moved to Victoria, British Columbia where she died of breast cancer on 16 July 2003. Her daughter, Anne Giardini, is also a writer.

Books by Carol Shields

	1972 Others (poetry)	Biblio.com
	1974 Intersect (poetry)	Biblio.com
	1976 Small Ceremonies (novel)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	1977 The Box Garden (novel)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	1977 Susanna Moodie: Voice and Vision (critical study)	Biblio.com
	1980 Happenstance (novel)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	1982 A Fairly Conventional Woman (novel)	Biblio.com
	1985 Various Miracles (short stories)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	1987 Swann: A Mystery (also released as Mary Swann, novel)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	1988 Departures and Arrivals (play)	Biblio.com
	1989 The Orange Fish (short stories)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	1991 A Celibate Season (with Blanche Howard, novel)	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	1992 Coming to Canada (poetry)	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	1992 The Republic of Love (novel)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	1993 The Stone Diaries (novel)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	1993 Thirteen Hands (play)	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	1995 Fashion, Power, Guilt and the Charity of Families (with Catherine Shields, play)	Biblio.com
	1997 Larry's Party (novel)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	1998 Anniversary: A Comedy (with David Williamson, play)	Biblio.com
	2001 Dressing Up for the Carnival (short stories)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	2001 Jane Austen (biography)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	2002 Unless (novel)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	2003 Duet (novellas)	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	2004 The Collected Stories (short stories)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
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Awards

• Arthur Ellis Awards: Novel
  • 1988 – Swann: A Mystery – Winner

• Books in Canada First Novel Award
  • 1976 – Small Ceremonies – Shortlisted

• Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize
  • 2003 – Unless – Winner

• Giller Prize
  • 1997 – Larry's Party – Shortlisted
  • 2002 – Unless – Shortlisted

• Governor General's Literary Award – Fiction (English)
  • 1987 – Swann: A Mystery – Shortlisted
  • 1993 – The Stone Diaries – Winner
  • 2002 – Unless – Shortlisted

• Marian Engel Award
  • 1990 Winner

• Order of Canada
  • 1998 – Officer
  • 2002 – Companion

• Pulitzer Prize
  • 1995 – The Stone Diaries – Winner

• Writers' Trust Non-Fiction Prize
  • 2001 – Jane Austen – Shortlisted

Links

• Official site

Added 05 March 2006.
Updated 02 February 2010.