Education
- PhD in English/Creative Writing (fiction), Florida State University, 2006
- MFA in Creative Writing (fiction), University of Arizona, 1997
- BSc in Biology and Anthropology, University of Toronto, 1994
BOOKS
- The Riveter (novel), HarperVia and House of Anansi Press, 2024
- We Two Alone (collection), HarperVia, 2021 and House of Anansi Press, 2020
SHORT FICTION
- “Everything In Between,” Brick, 2021
- “Belsize Park,” PRISM international, 2018
- “The Nature of Things,” The Journey Prize Stories 29, 2017 andThe Malahat Review, 2016
- “The Night of Broken Glass,” Let’s Tell This Story Properly: An Anthology of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize, 2015 andThe New Quarterly, 2015
- “The Valkyries,” The Humber Literary Review, 2014
- “Allhallows,” Joyland, 2012
Selected Awards/Honors
- Longlisted for Canada Reads 2022
- 2021 Central New York Book Award
- Shortlisted for the 2021 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize
- 2020 Danuta Gleed Literary Award from the Writers' Union of Canada for best debut collection in English
- We Two Alone named to best fiction of 2020 lists by CBC Books, Quill & Quire, and 49th Shelf
- Longlisted for the 2017 Writers' Trust / McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize
- Shortlisted for the 2014 Commonwealth Short Story Prize
SELECTED GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS & RESIDENCIES
- Writer-in-residence, Historic Joy Kogawa House, 2022
- Research and Creation Grant, Canada Council for the Arts, 2021
- NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship in Fiction from The New York Foundation for the Arts, 2021
- David T. K. Wong Creative Writing Fellowship, University of East Anglia, 2014-15
SELECTED APPOINTMENTS
- Chair, Department of Writing, 2017-20, 2011-14
- Director, Distinguished Visiting Writers Series, 2008-11