Riel Nason | |
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Born | Hawkshaw, New Brunswick, Canada |
Occupation | Novelist, quilter |
Nationality | Canadian |
Period | 2010s-present |
Notable works | The Town That Drowned , The Little Ghost Who Was a Quilt |
Riel Nason is a Canadian novelist. [1] Riel Nason lives in Quispamsis, New Brunswick. [1] Nason is also a textile artist (quilter) and has had several exhibits of her original work as well as writing two books on the topic, Modern Selvage Quilting and Sew a Modern Halloween. Her books Disaster at the Highland Games and Catastrophe at the Christmas Celidh draw on her experiences as a Highland Dance teacher. [2]
Her debut novel The Town That Drowned , published in 2011 by Goose Lane Editions, won the Commonwealth Book Prize for Canada and Europe in 2012. [3] It was also awarded the 2012 Margaret and John Savage First Book Award, was shortlisted for several other literary awards, and was longlisted for the 2013 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Her 2nd novel, All The Things we Leave Behind, was published in 2016, also by Goose Lane Editions. Her first children's book, The Little Ghost Who Was a Quilt, was published in 2020 by Tundra Books. In 2021, her book, Disaster at the Highland Games had a Scottish Gaelic edition published that was shortlisted for the Best book for Children/Youth at the 2022 Gaelic Literature Awards. [4] The English version of Disaster at the Highland Games also won the Alice Kitts Memorial Award for Excellence in Children’s Writing at the 2022 New Brunswick Book Awards. [5]