Esi Edugyan | |
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.jpg) Edugyan reading at the Eden Mills Writers' Festival in 2018 | |
| Born | 1978 (age 45–46) Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Alma mater | University of Victoria (BA) Johns Hopkins University (MA) |
| Period | 2004–present |
| Notable works | Half-Blood Blues (2011); Washington Black (2018) |
| Notable awards | Scotiabank Giller Prize 2011 Half-Blood Blues Anisfield-Wolf Book Award 2012 Half-Blood Blues Scotiabank Giller Prize 2018 Washington Black |
| Spouse | Steven Price |
| Children | 2 |
Esi Edugyan (born 1978) is a Canadian novelist.[1] She has twice won the Giller Prize, for her novels Half-Blood Blues (2011) and Washington Black (2018).
- ^ Donna Bailey Nurse, "Writing the blues" Archived 2014-02-27 at the Wayback Machine. Quill & Quire, July 2011.