Amanda Peters is a Canadian writer from Falmouth, Nova Scotia,[1] whose debut novel The Berry Pickers was a shortlisted finalist for the 2023 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize,[2] and the winner of the 2024 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction.[3]
Of mixed European and Mi'kmaq heritage, Peters was born and raised in the Annapolis Valley region of Nova Scotia as a member of the Glooscap First Nation.[4] She was nominated for an Indigenous Voices Award in the Unpublished English Prose category in 2019 for her short story "Pejipug (Winter Arrives)", and won in the same category in 2021 for "Waiting for the Long Night Moon".
The Berry Pickers centres on a young indigenous girl who goes missing, depicting the event's lifelong effects on both her birth family and the girl herself, who grows up as the adopted child of a white family with no knowledge of her origins.[5] The novel was published in early 2023 by Harper Perennial.[4]
Her debut short story collection, Waiting for the Long Night Moon, is forthcoming.[6]
References edit
- ^ Maryam Gowralli, "An Interview with Amanda Peters". Filling Station, September 12, 2022.
- ^ Cassandra Drudi, "Three debut novels among finalists for 2023 Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize". Quill & Quire, September 27, 2023.
- ^ Hillel Italie, "Roxanna Asgarian's 'We Were Once a Family' and Amanda Peters' 'The Berry Pickers' win library medals". Airdrie City View, January 20, 2024.
- ^ a b Jason Molloy, "Falmouth, N.S., resident Amanda Peters ready to release debut novel, The Berry Pickers". SaltWire Network, April 4, 2023.
- ^ "The Berry Pickers". Kirkus Reviews, August 26, 2023.
- ^ Elizabeth Mitchell, "‘The Berry Pickers’ Examines Hope’s Joy and Pain After a Little Girl’s Disappearance". Everything Zoomer, March 31, 2023.
 | This article about a Canadian writer or poet is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |