Photo Credit:
Photo credit
Chris Grivas
Leslie Shimotakahara
BIO
Biography
Leslie Shimotakahara is an award-winning author of three novels and a memoir, as well as numerous short fiction and essays. She won the Canada-Japan Literary Prize (2012) and has been shortlisted for the K.M. Hunter Artist Award. Her writing has appeared in the National Post, World Literature Today, and other anthologies and periodicals. She holds a PhD in English from Brown University, and lives in Toronto with her husband.
ADDRESS
City: Toronto,
Province/Territory: Ontario
EMAIL
c/o TWUC
GENRE
literary fiction
LANGUAGES
English
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
Title
Sisters of the Spruce
Publisher
Caitlin Press
Year
2024
Title
Red Oblivion
Publisher
Dundurn Press
Year
2019
Title
After the Bloom
Publisher
Dundurn Press
Year
2017
Title
The Reading List
Publisher
Variety Crossing Press
Year
2012
Title
The Breakwater
Publisher
Cormorant Books
Year
2026
AWARDS
Awards
Name
Canada-Japan Literary Award
Publication
Canada Council for the Arts
Year
2012
LINKS
Links
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS
EQUITY INITIATIVE
As part of the Union’s Equity Implementation Plan, we are committed to increasing awareness of authors who are Black, Indigenous, racialized, LGBTQI2S, or living with a disability. This author identifies as:
Members who identify as:
Black, Indigenous, and/or racialized
Programs & Interests
Interested in participating Union’s Ontario Writers-in-the-Schools program:
All members are eligible for the Union’s Ontario Writers-in-the-Schools program. Are you interested in participating in this pro
Yes
Interested in participating in the Northern Ontario WITS program:
The Union’s Northern Ontario Writers-in-the-Schools program funds in-person visits to northern Ontario schools when possible. Ar
Yes
