Krista Bridge

Krista Bridge
Occupation novelist, short story writer
Residence Toronto, Ontario
Nationality Canadian
Period 2000s-present
Notable works The Eliot Girls

Krista Bridge is a Canadian writer, whose debut novel The Eliot Girls was a shortlisted nominee for the 2013 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize[1] and the 2014 Amazon.ca First Novel Award.[2]

She was also previously nominated for the ReLit Award and the Danuta Gleed Literary Award for her short story collection The Virgin Spy in 2007.[3]

From Toronto, Ontario, Bridge was educated at St. Clement's School,[3] and later studied creative writing at the Humber School for Writers.[3] She published her first short story in Toronto Life in 2002.[3]

Works

  • The Virgin Spy (2006, ISBN 978-1553651628)
  • The Eliot Girls (2013, ISBN 978-1553659822)

References

  1. ↑ "Krista Bridge in disbelief her private school novel is up for Writers’ Trust". Canadian Press, September 30, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Finalists for Amazon.ca First Novel Award announced". National Post, March 5, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Women of the Week: Krista Bridge". Women's Post, July 1, 2013.



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