Eva Crocker
BornSt. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
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Eva Crocker is a Canadian writer based in St. John's, whose debut short story collection Barrelling Forward was published in 2017.[1]

The daughter of writer Lisa Moore and Memorial University of Newfoundland academic Stephen Crocker,[2] she was a child actor in her youth, appearing in Mary Lewis's 1998 short film When Ponds Freeze Over.

Following the publication of Barrelling Forward she was named as a finalist for the 2017 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ writers,[3] and the book was a nominee for the 2018 ReLit Award for short fiction.[4]

Her first novel, All I Ask, was published in 2020.[5] The novel was longlisted for the Giller Prize in 2020; Crocker was the first child of a prior Giller nominee to receive a nomination.[6] It won the Winterset Award for 2020.[7] It was also a finalist for the ReLit Award for fiction in 2021.[8]

In 2023 she published the novel Back in the Land of the Living.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "'Sizzling debut' a portrait of millennial St. John's". Toronto Star, March 19, 2017.
  2. ↑ "The joys and downfalls of being part of a writing family". Toronto Star, February 19, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Kai Cheng Thom, Eva Crocker and Ali Blythe nominated for LGBTQ Emerging Writers Prize". CBC Books, May 17, 2017.
  4. ↑ "43 books shortlisted for 2018 Relit Awards, as prize returns after 4-year hiatus". CBC Books, April 7, 2021.
  5. ↑ "47 works of Canadian fiction to watch for in spring 2020". CBC Books, February 5, 2020.
  6. ↑ Deborah Dundas, "Thomas King, Emma Donoghue make the 2020 Giller Longlist in a year marked by firsts". toronto Star, September 8, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Eva Crocker wins $12,500 Winterset Award for Newfoundland and Labrador authors". Quill and Quire. 2021-03-25. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
  8. ↑ "38 books shortlisted for 2021 ReLit Awards". CBC Books, April 19, 2021.
  9. ↑ Sadie Graham, "Ditching St. John’s for Montreal, living millenial life post-COVID: this isn’t your typical coming-of-age novel". Toronto Star, August 18, 2023.


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