Michelle Good

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Michelle Good
OccupationAuthor, poet, lawyer
NationalityCree, Canadian
Alma materUniversity of British Columbia
GenreFiction, Poetry, Essay
Notable works Five Little Indians , Defying Gravity, "Truth Telling: Seven Conversations about Indigenous Life in Canada"
Notable awardsHarperCollins/UBC Best New Fiction Prize, 2020
Website
www.michellegood.ca

Michelle Good is a Cree writer, poet, and lawyer from Canada, most noted for her debut novel Five Little Indians . [1] She is a member of the Red Pheasant Cree Nation in Saskatchewan. [2] Good has an MFA and a law degree from the University of British Columbia and, as a lawyer, advocated for residential-school survivors. [3] [4]

Contents

Early life and education

Good is a member of the Red Pheasant Cree Nation. [5] [6] She was impacted by the 60s scoop and spent time in the foster care system. [7] Her great-grandmother participated in the 1885 uprising at Frog Lake and her Great Grandmother's uncle was Big Bear. [5] Good graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Masters of Fine Arts in Creative writing in 2014. [6] The first draft of her debut novel, Five Little Indians, was her graduate thesis project. [6] She began to practice law in her 40's, sharing the histories of residential schools in courtrooms. [8] Good received an Honorary Doctor of Letters, honoris causa, from Simon Fraser University on October 7, 2022. [9] [10]

Works

Five Little Indians

Five Little Indians is a story about five British Columbia residential-school survivors. [11] Although the novel itself is fiction, some of the episodes were based on real experiences of her mother and grandmother, who were both survivors of Canada's residential school system. [1] Published in 2020, the novel was longlisted for the Giller Prize [12] and shortlisted for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. [13] Now listed it as one of the top 10 novels of 2020. [14]

In 2020, the book won the HarperCollins/UBC Best New Fiction Prize. [15] Then, in 2021, the book won the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 2020 Governor General's Awards, [16] the Amazon.ca First Novel Award, [17] the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize, [18] and the Canada Reads 2022. [9] Also in 2021, the book will be adapted as a limited television series by producer Martin Katz. [19] [20]

Truth Telling: Seven Conversations about Indigenous Life in Canada

Truth Telling is the second book of Good. it is a collection of essays on historical and modern experiences of indigenous in Canada.  It covers wide variety of topics from life of indigenous people to modern social institution in Canada. Published on May 30, 2023, and finalist for the Balsillie Prize for Public Policy. [21]

Poetry

Essays

Journal

Awards and Nominations

"The Evergreen Award" issued by Forest of Reading program for Five Little Indians in 2021 [9]

"The City of Vancouver Book of the Year Award" issued for Five Little Indians in 2021 [9]

"The Jim Deva Prize for Writing that Provokes", issued by BC and Yukon Book Prizes for Five Little Indians in 2021 [9] [28]

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  8. ↑ Van Koeverden, Jane (March 14, 2022). "Michelle Good on her novel Five Little Indians, and the question that guides her writing" . Retrieved March 27, 2022.
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  12. ↑ Deborah Dundas, "Thomas King, Emma Donoghue make the 2020 Giller Longlist in a year marked by firsts". toronto Star , September 8, 2020.
  13. ↑ "Thomas King, Gil Adamson among finalists for $50K Writers' Trust Fiction Prize". Toronto Star , October 6, 2020.
  14. ↑ Cole, Susan G. (2020-11-30). "The 10 best books of 2020". NOW Magazine. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
  15. ↑ "Success Story with Michelle Good". 14 September 2020.
  16. ↑ "Michelle Good says celebrating fiction win feels 'petty and selfish' after residential school discovery". CTV News, June 1, 2021.
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  18. ↑ Deborah Dundas, "Michelle Good wins Kobo Emerging Writer fiction prize — making it three wins for the three noms she got on that big day in May". Toronto Star , June 22, 2021.
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