Canadian writer
Eva Crocker is a Canadian writer based in St. John's , whose debut short story collection Barrelling Forward was published in 2017.[ 1]
The daughter of writer Lisa Moore and Memorial University of Newfoundland academic Stephen Crocker,[ 2] she was a child actor in her youth, appearing in Mary Lewis 's 1998 short film When Ponds Freeze Over .
Following the publication of Barrelling Forward she was named as a finalist for the 2017 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ writers,[ 3] and the book was a nominee for the 2018 ReLit Award for short fiction.[ 4]
Her first novel , All I Ask , was published in 2020.[ 5] The novel was longlisted for the Giller Prize in 2020; Crocker was the first child of a prior Giller nominee to receive a nomination.[ 6] It won the Winterset Award for 2020.[ 7] It was also a finalist for the ReLit Award for fiction in 2021.[ 8]
In 2023 she published the novel Back in the Land of the Living .[ 9]
References
^ "'Sizzling debut' a portrait of millennial St. John's" . Toronto Star , March 19, 2017.
^ "The joys and downfalls of being part of a writing family" . Toronto Star , February 19, 2017.
^ "Kai Cheng Thom, Eva Crocker and Ali Blythe nominated for LGBTQ Emerging Writers Prize" . CBC Books , May 17, 2017.
^ "43 books shortlisted for 2018 Relit Awards, as prize returns after 4-year hiatus" . CBC Books , April 7, 2021.
^ "47 works of Canadian fiction to watch for in spring 2020" . CBC Books , February 5, 2020.
^ Deborah Dundas, "Thomas King, Emma Donoghue make the 2020 Giller Longlist in a year marked by firsts" . toronto Star , September 8, 2020.
^ "Eva Crocker wins $12,500 Winterset Award for Newfoundland and Labrador authors" . Quill and Quire . 2021-03-25. Retrieved 2021-07-12 .
^ "38 books shortlisted for 2021 ReLit Awards" . CBC Books , April 19, 2021.
^ Sadie Graham, "Ditching St. John’s for Montreal, living millenial life post-COVID: this isn’t your typical coming-of-age novel" . Toronto Star , August 18, 2023.
Winners Honour of Distinction
Brian Francis , John Miller (2008)
Greg Kearney (2009)
Lisa Foad , George K. Ilsley (2010)
Dani Couture , Matthew J. Trafford (2011)
Mariko Tamaki (2012)
Anand Mahadevan , Barry Webster (2013)
Rae Spoon , Proma Tagore (2014)
Casey Plett , Vivek Shraya (2015)
Gwen Benaway , Jia Qing Wilson-Yang (2016)
Ali Blythe , Eva Crocker (2017)
Trish Salah , Joshua Whitehead (2018)
Joelle Barron , Casey Plett (2019)
Robyn Maynard , Smokii Sumac (2020)
Kama La Mackerel , jaye simpson (2021)
Bilal Baig , Matthew James Weigel (2022)
Gabriel Cholette , Amanda Cordner and David Di Giovanni (2023)
Vincent Anioke , Éric Chacour (2024)