Alix Hawley
Alix Hawley (born 1975) is a Canadian novelist and short-story writer. Her novel, All True Not a Lie In It (Knopf 2015), won the amazon.ca First Novel Award in 2015.[1]
Early Life and Work
Hawley was born in Vancouver in 1975, but moved shortly afterwards to Kelowna, British Columbia, where she began writing early. She studied for her BA (Honors) in English Literature, with a minor in Nineteenth-Century Studies, at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, where she won the Governor General’s medal as the top graduating student in the faculty of Arts. She moved to the UK to complete a M.St. and D.Phil. under Hermione Lee’s supervision at Oxford University;[2] her thesis discusses Virginia Woolf and nineteenth-century children’s culture. She went on to complete an MA in Creative Writing (Fiction) at the University of East Anglia, studying with Andrew Motion, Richard Holmes, and Paul Magrs.[3] She lists her favourite authors as: Alice Munro, Patricia Highsmith, Virginia Woolf, Anita Brookner, Colm Toibin, Peter Carey, and Hilary Mantel among many others.
Writing
Hawley's first book, The Old Familiar (Thistledown Press, 2008),[4] is a collection of short stories; The Globe and Mail referred to it this way: “’Genius’ is a word I hesitate to use in a review; Hawley's work requires it.”[5] and it was longlisted for the ReLit award.[6] One of her stories, “Little Boy,” was shortlisted for the CBC Literary Awards in 2009, and another, “Tentcity,” was runner-up in 2011. Her story "Jumbo" was runner-up in 2014.[7]
In December 2013, Hawley's short story "Pig (for Oma)" was the winner of the Canada Writes 'Bloodlines' short story contest.[8] Her story was chosen out of over 800 entries to the contest.
Her novel, All True Not a Lie In It (Knopf 2015),[9] is a first-person account of Daniel Boone’s captivity by the Shawnee, and was signed to Knopf as part of the New Face of Fiction Program. The novel won the amazon.ca First Novel Award in 2015,[10] and is longlisted for the 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize.[11]
Personal life
Hawley teaches English and Creative Writing at Okanagan College in Kelowna,[12] where she lives with her family.
References
- ↑ "Alix Hawley’s All True Not A Lie In It wins Amazon.ca First Novel Award". The Globe and Mail. May 21, 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
- ↑ ABC BookWorld | Alix Hawley
- ↑ UBC Alumni Relations
- ↑ Thistledown Press | Alix Hawley
- ↑ Globe and Mail Review of The Old Familiar
- ↑ Re Lit Awards
- ↑ CBC Literary Awards Shortlist Q and A with Alix Hawley
- ↑ Kelowna writer wins Canadian contest. Kelowna News, December 13, 2013.
- ↑ Knopf Signs Alix Hawley to New Face of Fiction. Quill & Quire, July 12, 2013.
- ↑ "Amazon.ca First Novel Award shortlist announced". Quill & Quire, April 1, 2015.
- ↑ The Scotiabank Giller Prize Presents Its 2015 Longlist
- ↑ Okanagan College Faculty