Sharon Butala is the author of more than 20 books of fiction and nonfiction, numerous essays and articles, some poetry, and five produced plays. Her first novel, Country of the Heart, was nominated for the Books in Canada First Novel Award. It was followed by a collection of short stories, Queen of the Headaches. Butala’s books have been on Canadian bestseller lists; her memoir, The Perfection of the Morning, reached #1. Her story collection, Season of Fury and Wonder, was nominated for the Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize and won the 2020 City of Calgary W.O. Mitchell Book Prize. Butala has three times been a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award. She is a recipient of the Marian Engel Award, the Saskatchewan Order of Merit, and the 2012 Cheryl and Henry Kloppenburg Award for Literary Excellence. In 2002, she became an Officer of the Order of Canada. Butala lives in Saskatoon.
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