Michelle Winters

Michelle Winters
Born	1972 (age 53–54) Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Occupations	Novelist, playwright, translator
Writing career
Genres	novels, plays

Michelle Winters is a Canadian writer, translator and artist. ^[1]

Winters was born in 1972 in Saint John, New Brunswick. As a founding member of Just in a Bowl Productions, ^[2] she has co-written and performed in Unsinkable (2000) ^[3] and The Hungarian Suicide Duel (2002). ^[4] Her short stories have appeared in This Magazine , Taddle Creek , Dragnet and Matrix, and made her a nominee for the 2011 Journey Prize for short fiction. ^[5] In 2017, she received a shortlisted Scotiabank Giller Prize nomination for her debut novel I Am a Truck. ^[6]

She currently lives in Toronto, Ontario. ^[2]

Publications

• "Toupée", in: Journey: Celebrating the Journey Prize: Selected Stories 1989-2023, McClelland & Stewart, Toronto 2018, ISBN   978-0-7710-0743-9
• Hair for Men (novel), House of Anansi Press, Toronto 2024 ISBN   978-1-4870-1191-8
• I Am a Truck (novel), Invisible Publishing, Picton 2016 ISBN   978-1-9267-4378-3
• "The Canadian Grotesque", in: Taddle Creek, No. 30 (Summer 2013).
• "Maintenance to six", in: Dragnet Magazine, No. 8 (2013).
• "Toupée", in: Sharon Bala et al. (ed.), The Journey Prize Stories 30: The Best of Canada's New Writers, McClelland & Stewart, Toronto 2018, ISBN   978-0-7710-5075-6

Translations

• Marie-Hélène Larochelle, Kiss the Undertow (Kiss the Undertow), House of Anansi Press, Toronto 2024 ISBN   978-1-4870-1210-6
• Marie-Hélène Larochelle, Daniil and Vanya (Daniil et Vanya), Invisible Publishing, Picton 2020 ISBN   978-1-9887-8457-1
• Marie-Ève Comtois, My Planet of Kites (Je Te Trouve Belle Mon Homme), transl. with Stuart Ross, Mansfield Press, Toronto 2014, ISBN   978-1-7712-6061-9

Theatrical works

• The Hungarian Suicide Duel with Lori Delorme, Just in a Bowl Productions 2002.
• Unsinkable with Lori Delorme, Just in a Bowl Productions 2000.

References

1. "Road-trip books combine destiny and destination". Toronto Star , December 17, 2016.
2. Up, All Lit. "Winters, Michelle | All Lit Up". alllitup.ca. Archived from the original on 2021-01-17. Retrieved 2026-04-28.
3. Unsinkable, theatermania.com (2000), retrieved May 18, 2020.
4. Jon Kaplan, Glenn Sumi (2002-07-11). "Fringe Festival Listings". NOW Magazine. Archived from the original on 2019-07-17. Retrieved 2026-04-28.
5. Michelle Colistro, April 22: Stacey May Fowles, Liisa Ladouceur and Michelle Winters, pivotreadings.wordpress.com (April 9, 2009), retrieved May 18, 2020.
6. "5 finalists for 2017 Giller Prize revealed". CBC News, October 2, 2017.

External links

• Michelle Winters official website
• Short stories by Michelle Winters:
  • “Toupée”, this.org (January 22, 2010), retrieved May 18, 2020.
  • “The Canadian Grotesque”, taddlecreekmag.com (2013), retrieved May 18, 2020.
  • “Maintenance to six”, cdn.shopify.com (July 2013). retrieved May 18, 2020.