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Carol Shields


(Carol Ann Warner Shields)
USA flag (1935 - 2003)

Carol Shields is American born, spent three years in Manchester in the 60s, and lived her adult life in Canada. Married, had five children andtwelve grandchildren. She died in Canada in July, 2003.
 
Novels
   Small Ceremonies (1976)
   The Box Garden (1979)
   A Fairly Conventional Woman (1982)
   Mary Swann (1987)
     aka Swann
   The Republic of Love (1991)
   A Celibate Season (1991) (with Blanche Howard)
   The Stone Diaries (1993)
   Larry's Party (1997)
   Unless (2002)
   Duet (2003)
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Collections
   Others (poems) (1972)
   Intersect (poems) (1974)
   Various Miracles (1985)
   The Orange Fish (1989)
   Coming to Canada (poems) (1992)
   Fanfare (1999) (with others)
   Dressing up for the Carnival (2000)
   Thirteen Hands and Other Plays (2002)
   The Collected Stories (2004)
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Anthologies edited
   Dropped Threads (2001) (with Marjorie Anderson)
   Dropped Threads 2 (2003) (with Marjorie Anderson and Catherine Shields)
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Plays show
 
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Carol Shields recommends
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Critical Injuries (2001)
Joan Barfoot
"I have no doubt that this wise, funny, harrowing novel will be the book of the year."
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Latitudes of Melt (2000)
Joan Clark
"Latitudes of Melt has wonderful moments of clarity and trancendence, but never loses sight of what an ordinary life is."
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Girls (1997)
Frederick Busch
"Fierce, wise, gripping, and true."

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Anthologies containing stories by Carol Shields
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Loss (2013)
Great Short Stories for Women by Women
edited by
Victoria Hislop
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Love (2012)
Great Short Stories for Women by Women
edited by
Victoria Hislop

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Awards
Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (1993) : The Stone Diaries
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Best Book winner (1995) : The Stone Diaries
Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction Best Book winner (1997) : Larry's Party
Women's Prize For Fiction Best Novel winner (1998) : Larry's Party
Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (2002) : Unless
James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction Best Book nominee (2002) : Unless
Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction Best Book nominee (2003) : Unless
Women's Prize For Fiction Best Novel nominee (2003) : Unless


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