Raziel Reid
Raziel Reid | |
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| Born | January 30 1990 Kirkland Lake, Ontario |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Period | 2010s-present |
| Notable works | When Everything Feels Like the Movies |
Raziel Reid is a Canadian writer whose debut young adult novel When Everything Feels Like the Movies won the Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature at the 2014 Governor General's Awards.[1] The novel, inspired in part by the 2008 murder of gay teenager Lawrence Fobes King,[2] was published by Arsenal Pulp Press in 2014.[3] Its launch was marked with a national book tour with Vivek Shraya, who was simultaneously promoting her new book She of the Mountains.[4] In 2015, Reid became adjunct professor of Creative Writing for Children and Young Adults at the University of British Columbia. [5]
Reid is a former blogger and columnist for Xtra Vancouver.[4]
When Everything Feels Like the Movies was selected for inclusion in the 2015 edition of Canada Reads, where it was defended by blogger and broadcaster Elaine Lui.[6] It was also nominated for a Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Children's/Young Adult Literature at the 27th Lambda Literary Awards,[7] and for Publishing Triangle's Ferro-Grumley Award.[8]
Works[edit]
- When Everything Feels Like the Movies (2014, ISBN 9781551525747)
- Kens Penguin Random House Canada, Toronto 2018
- Followers Penguin Random House Canada, Toronto 2020
References[edit]
- ^ "Thomas King wins Governor General’s award for fiction". The Globe and Mail, November 18, 2014.
- ^ "On Raziel Reid, and when everything feels like a controversy". National Post, January 27, 2015.
- ^ Fall Preview 2014: YA and children's fiction. Quill & Quire, May 27, 2014.
- ^ a b "Raziel Reid & Vivek Shraya -- Dual Book Launch". McNally Robinson, October 1, 2014.
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- ^ "CBC announces Canada Reads finalists". Toronto Star, January 20, 2015.
- ^ "The 26th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists". Lambda Literary Foundation, March 4, 2015.
- ^ "The Publishing Triangle Award Finalists Announced" Archived 2015-03-15 at the Wayback Machine. Lambda Literary Foundation, March 10, 2015.
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