Norma Dunning

Norma Dunning is a Canadian writer, who won the Danuta Gleed Literary Award in 2018 for her short story collection Annie Muktuk and Other Stories.[1] In the same year, she won the Writers Guild of Alberta's Howard O'Hagan Award for the short story "Elipsee", and was a shortlisted finalist for the City of Edmonton Book Award.[2]

Of Inuk descent, Dunning was born in Quebec and raised in a variety of towns as her father was a member of the Canadian military.[3] She is based in Edmonton, Alberta, where she is a doctoral student in education.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Edmonton-based Inuk writer Norma Dunning wins $10K Danuta Gleed Literary Award". Canadian Press via Global News, June 14, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Edmonton's Indigenous writers finally being heard, Inuk author says". CBC News Edmonton, June 28, 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Inuk writer reveals story behind award-winning fiction". Folio, June 29, 2018.


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