Carol Shields

Carol Shields was born in Oak Park, Illinois, in 1935 and moved to Canada, at the age of 22, after studying at the University of Exeter in England and the University of Ottawa. She was the author of over 20 books, including plays, poetry, essays, short fiction, novels, a work of criticism on Susanna Moodie, and a biography of Jane Austen. Her 1993 novel The Stone Diaries won the Governor General's Award for Fiction, the American Book Critics' Circle Award, and the Pulitzer Prize. It was also a runner up for the Booker Prize, bringing her an international following. Larry's Party (also available from BTC Audiobooks) won England's Orange Prize, given to the best book by a woman writer in the English-speaking world. Carol Shields died in July 2003 in Victoria after a long struggle with cancer.

Books by Carol Shields

The Canadian Shields

The Stone Diaries

The Collected Poetry of Carol Shields

Startle and Illuminate

Swann

Susanna Moodie: Roughing It in the Bush

Le Carnaval du quotidien

Life in the Clearings versus the Bush

The Stone Diaries

The Collected Stories of Carol Shields

Unless

Dropped Threads 2

Thirteen Hands And Other Plays

Dressing Up for the Carnival

Dropped Threads

Directions

Larry's Party

A Celibate Season

Happenstance

Swann

Various Miracles

Small Ceremonies

The Republic of Love

Coming to Canada

The Box Garden

The Orange Fish