Claire Mulligan

Claire Mulligan
Occupation novelist, short stories
Nationality Canadian
Period 2000s-present
Notable works The Reckoning of Boston Jim

Claire Mulligan is a Canadian novelist and short story writer, whose debut novel The Reckoning of Boston Jim was a longlisted nominee for the Scotiabank Giller Prize in 2007,[1] and a shortlisted finalist for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize in 2008.[2]

Her second novel, The Dark, was published in 2013.[3] She has also published short stories in The Antigonish Review, Grain, The Tulane Review and Canadian Author.

Originally from Kelowna, British Columbia,[4] she currently resides on Vancouver Island, where she teaches in the continuing education program at Camosun College and is pursuing a master's degree in screenwriting at the University of Victoria.

References

  1. ↑ "Vancouver writers Novik and Mulligan make Giller longlist". The Province, September 18, 2007.
  2. ↑ "B.C. Book Prize unveils its 2008 short lists". The Globe and Mail, March 7, 2008.
  3. ↑ "Book Review: The Dark, by Claire Mulligan". National Post, May 24, 2013.
  4. ↑ "The book that changed my mind about historical fiction". Vancouver Sun, September 29, 2007.


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