Suzette Mayr is the author of six novels including her most recent, The Sleeping Car Porter , winner of the 2022 Scotiabank Giller Award. It also featured as Publishers Weekly Top 20 Literary Fiction Books of 2022, The Globe 100: The Best Books of 2022, CBC Books The Best Canadian Fiction of 2022 and Oprah Daily Books to Read by the Fireside. Mayr's other novels have won the ReLit Award and City of Calgary W.O. Mitchell Book Prize, and been nominated for the Commonwealth Prize for Best Book in the Canada-Caribbean Region, the Writers' Guild of Alberta's Best First Book and Best Novel Awards, and the Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBT Fiction. She is a former President of the Writers' Guild of Alberta, and teaches Creative Writing at the University of Calgary. About Author Talks Mississauga Library's Author Talk series features a wide range of talented writers. Hear authors read from their books, ask questions, learn about the writing process, and find out more about their craft of telling captivating stories. For ages 13 and over.
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