Biography
Shelley Wood’s short stories have appeared in a range of Canadian and international journals and have won her the Frank McCourt prize for creative nonfiction, FreeFall magazine’s fiction prize and Causeway Lit’s creative nonfiction contest. Born and raised in Vancouver, she divides her time between her role as editorial director at the Cardiovascular Research Foundation in New York City and her home in Kelowna, Canada. The Quintland Sisters, which debuted at the top of the Canadian bestsellers list, is her first novel.
Shelley Wood的短篇故事曾刊登於一系列加拿大和國際期刊並為她贏得Frank McCourt創意虛構文學獎,《FreeFall》雜誌的小說獎和銅鑼灣文學創意寫作類的獎項。在溫哥華出生並成長的Shelley Wood將她的時間分散在當紐約市心血管研究基金會的編輯主任和她在加拿大基隆拿的家中。她的首部小說《The Quintland Sisters》登上了加拿大暢銷書榜榜首。