Dey's
first novel,
Stunt, was published by
Coach House Books. It was one of
The Globe and Mail's "2008 Globe 100" and
Quill and Quire's "Books of the Year." It was nominated for the Amazon First Novel Award. Dey's second novel,
Heartbreaker, was published by
Random House (U.S.),
HarperCollins (Canada), and The Borough Press (U.K.) It was listed by
Publishers Weekly in "Writers to Watch Fall 2018: Anticipated Debuts" and was on The Millions "Most Anticipated: The Great Second Half 2018 Book Preview". From 2007 to 2009, Dey wrote the "Group Therapy" column in
The Globe and Mail. She also wrote the sex column in
Toro under the pseudonym Bebe O'Shea. Her writing and interviews have been published in
The Paris Review, and
The Believer. Her 2023 novel,
Daughter, was shortlisted for the
Carol Shields Prize for Fiction in 2024. She is also the author of several plays: Beaver (2000), The Gwendolyn Poems (2002) and Trout Stanley (2005). They have been performed in Toronto, Montreal, New York and Vancouver.
The Gwendolyn Poems, about Canadian poet,
Gwendolyn MacEwen, was nominated for the
2002 Governor General's Awards and the
Trillium Book Award. In addition to her literary work, Dey has also acted in three feature films,
Amy George (2011),
The Oxbow Cure (2013) and
The Intestine (2016), and is a co-founder of the design studio and clothing brand, Horses Atelier. ==Personal life==