About Carol Shields
Carol Shields is American born, spent three years in Manchester in the 60s, but now lives in Canada. Married with five children.
Novels
Small Ceremonies (1976)
The Box Garden (1977)
Happenstance (1980)
A Fairly Conventional Woman (1982)
Mary Swann (1987)
aka Swann
The Orange Fish (1989)
A Celibate Season (1991) (with Blanche Howard)
The Republic of Love (1992)
The Stone Diaries (1993)
Larry's Party (1997)
Unless (2002)
Duet (2003)
The Box Garden (1977)
Happenstance (1980)
A Fairly Conventional Woman (1982)
Mary Swann (1987)
aka Swann
The Orange Fish (1989)
A Celibate Season (1991) (with Blanche Howard)
The Republic of Love (1992)
The Stone Diaries (1993)
Larry's Party (1997)
Unless (2002)
Duet (2003)
Collections
Others (poems) (1972)
Intersect (poems) (1974)
Various Miracles (1985)
Coming to Canada (poems) (1992)
Dressing up for the Carnival (2000)
Thirteen Hands and Other Plays (2002)
The Collected Stories (2004)
Intersect (poems) (1974)
Various Miracles (1985)
Coming to Canada (poems) (1992)
Dressing up for the Carnival (2000)
Thirteen Hands and Other Plays (2002)
The Collected Stories (2004)
Plays
Departures & Arrivals (1988)
Fashion, Power, Guilt and the Charity of Families (1993) (with Catherine Shields)
Thirteen Hands (1997)
Anniversary (1998) (with Dave Williamson)
Fashion, Power, Guilt and the Charity of Families (1993) (with Catherine Shields)
Thirteen Hands (1997)
Anniversary (1998) (with Dave Williamson)
Anthologies edited
Dropped Threads: What We Aren't Told (2001) (with Marjorie Anderson)
Dropped Threads 2: More of What We Aren't Told (2003) (with Marjorie Anderson and Catherine Shields)
Dropped Threads 2: More of What We Aren't Told (2003) (with Marjorie Anderson and Catherine Shields)
Non fiction
Susanna Moodie: Voice and Vision (1977)
Jane Austen (2001) (see Jane Austen)
The Staircase Letters (2007) (with Elma Gerwin, Arthur Motyer)
A Memoir of Friendship: The Letters Between Carol Shields and Blanche Howard (2007)
Jane Austen (2001) (see Jane Austen)
The Staircase Letters (2007) (with Elma Gerwin, Arthur Motyer)
A Memoir of Friendship: The Letters Between Carol Shields and Blanche Howard (2007)
Awards
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Carol Shields recommends
Snake (1996) Kate Jennings "Stunning... the work of a powerful imagination." | Girls (1997) Frederick Busch "Fierce, wise, gripping, and true." | Latitudes of Melt (2000) Joan Clark "Latitudes of Melt has wonderful moments of clarity and trancendence, but never loses sight of what an ordinary life is." |
Critical Injuries (2001) Joan Barfoot "I have no doubt that this wise, funny, harrowing novel will be the book of the year." | Helpless (2007) Barbara Gowdy "She writes like an angel." | The Family Man (2009) Elinor Lipman "A jewel, brings together the rare combination of intelligence, wit and wisdom." |
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