Carol Shields

Carol Shields - Canadian Author

Born in Oak Park, Illinois in 1935. She studied at Hanover College, the University of Exeter in England, and the University of Ottawa, where she received an M.A. In 1957 she married Donald Hugh Shields, a professor of Civil Engineering, and moved to Canada. She has lived there ever since. She has worked as an editorial assistant for the journal Canadian Slavonic Papers and as a professor at the University of Ottawa, the University of British Columbia. She lives in Winnipeg and is Chancellor and Professor at the University of Manitoba where she has taught for the last fifteen years.

Ms. Shields is the author of several novels and short-story collections, including The Orange Fish, Swann, Various Miracles, Happenstance, and The Republic of Love. Her books have won a Canada Council Major Award, two National Magazine Awards, the Canadian Author's Award, and a CBC short story award.

The Stone Diaries won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for fiction and Canada's Governor General Award. It was also nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the 1993 Booker Prize and was also named one of the best books of the year by Publishers Weekly and a "Notable Book" by The New York Times Book Review.

Novels: o The Orange Fish

o Swann

o Various Miracles

o The Stone Diaries

o The Box Garden

o Small Ceremonies

o Larry's Party

Plays: o Thirteen Hands

o Departures and Arrivals

o Fashion Power Guilt (with Catherine Shields)

o Not Another Anniversary (with David Williamson)

o Women Waiting