Carol Shields (? - )

• novelist, playwright, poet, critic
• born in Chicago, grew up in Oak Park, Illinois
• lived in Canada since the 1950's
• has lived in Winnipeg, Manitoba since 1980
• Chancellor and Professor, at the University of Manitoba
• married to Donald Shields, has five children
• her novel The Stone Diaries was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, received the Governor's General Award and the Pulitzer Prize
• Novels:
  • The Orange Fish
  • Swann
  • Various Miracles
  • The Stone Diaries
  • The Box Garden
  • Small Ceremonies
  • Larry's Party
• Plays:
  • Thirteen Hands
  • Departures and Arrivals
  • Fashion Power Guilt (with Catherine Shields)
  • Not Another Anniversary (with David Williamson)
  • Women Waiting
• an interview with Carol Shields

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