Suzette Mayr

Suzette Mayr was born in Calgary, Alberta. Originally planning to study science in her post-secondary career, Mayr changed focus due to her strong performance in English. A creative writing course at the University of Calgary led to her decision to pursue a writing career. She graduated with an Honours bachelor's degree in English. Following her graduation from the University of Calgary, Mayr went on to acquire a Master of Arts in Creative Writing from the University of Alberta and a PhD from the University of New South Wales. Mayr worked as a waitress and sandwich maker before establishing herself as a professional writer. Publishers Weekly named it one of the top ten works of fiction published in 2022. The novel was the winner of the 2022 Giller Prize. In 2023, it was longlisted for the inaugural Carol Shields Prize for Fiction, and shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 2023 Governor General's Awards. It was also shortlisted for the 2024 International Dublin Literary Award. ==Awards==

Mayr's first published novel, Moon Honey, was nominated for two Alberta Literary Awards: the Georges Bugnet Award for Best Novel and the Henry Kreisel Award for Best First book. The Widows, Mayr's second novel, was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for best book in the Canadian-Caribbean region. Mayr's fourth novel, Monoceros, won the ReLit Award and W. O. Mitchell Award. It was also nominated for a Ferro-Grumley Award, and longlisted for the 2011 Giller Prize. In 2022, Mayr won the Giller Prize for her novel The Sleeping Car Porter. ==List of works==

Novels • Moon Honey (1995) • The Widows (1998) • Venous Hum (2004) • Monoceros (2011) • Dr. Edith Vane and the Hares of Crawley Hall (2017) • The Sleeping Car Porter (2022) ;Poetry • Zebra Talk (1991) • Tale (2001) Anthologized works • "Scalps" in Boundless Alberta (1993) • "Glass Anatomy" in Eye Wuz Here (1996) • "Toot Suite Matricia" in Threshold (1999) and So Long Been Dreaming (2004) • "Nipple Gospel" in And Other Stories (2001) ==Other==

Mayr is a past president of the Writers' Guild of Alberta. In 2010, she served on the jury for the Dayne Ogilvie Prize, a literary award for emerging LGBT writers in Canada, selecting Nancy Jo Cullen as that year's prize winner. ==References==