Ali Bryan

Ali Bryan is a Canadian novelist, and personal trainer.^[1] Her second novel, "The Figgs", was shortlisted for the 2019 Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

Biography[]

Bryan was born in Nova Scotia, where she graduated from Saint Mary's University, then studied creative writing under Paul Quarrington at Humber College, in Ontario.^[7]

Her first novel, published in 2013, was entitled Roost.^[8][9][10] Roost's protagonist, Claudia, is a single mother, in her thirties. Her life goes out of control following the unexpected death of her mother.^[11][12]

Bryan was a finalist in the 2010 literary contest.^[7] She came third in the 2012 CBC Canada Writes Literary Triathlon. Roost won the , and was short-listed for the .^[13][14] chose Roost for its annual provincial reading initiative - where all Nova Scotians were encouraged to read the same book at the same time.^[15] In 2016, she was shortlisted for the Alberta Literary Awards .^[16] In 2018, Bryan shared Alberta's Emerging Artists Award with 9 other writers.^[17][16]

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