Shandi Mitchell

Shandi Mitchell
Occupation	Novelist filmmaker
Nationality	Canadian
Alma mater	Dalhousie University
Notable awards	Thomas Head Raddall Award (2010) Kobzar Literary Award (2012)
Website
www.shandimitchell.com

Shandi Mitchell is a Canadian novelist and filmmaker. Her first novel Under This Unbroken Sky won a 2010 Commonwealth Writers' Prize and other awards. She graduated from Dalhousie University.

Her newest novel, The Waiting Hours, is slated for publication in 2019. ^[1]

Awards and honors

• 2012: Kobzar Literary Award, Under This Unbroken Sky ^{[2] [3]}
• 2010: Commonwealth Writers' Prize (first novel, Canada and the Caribbean), Under This Unbroken Sky ^[4]
• 2010: Thomas Head Raddall Award, Under This Unbroken Sky ^[5]
• 2008: Victor Martin-Lynch Staunton Endowment in Media Arts, Canada Council ^{[6] [7]}

Works

Literary

• 2011 - Under This Unbroken Sky ( ISBN   978-0-06-177402-7)
• 2019 - The Waiting Hours

Film

• 2002 Baba's House (short)
• 2005 Tell Me (short)
• 2012 The Disappeared

References

1. "28 works of Canadian fiction to watch for in spring 2019". CBC Books, January 25, 2019.
2. Mark Medley (March 1, 2012). "Shandi Mitchell wins Kobzar Literary Award". National Post. Archived from the original on January 29, 2013. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
3. "Shandi Mitchell wins $25,000 Kobzar Literary Award". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . March 2, 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
4. "Under This Unbroken Sky by Shandi Mitchell". Archived from the original on 2011-09-14. Retrieved 2013-06-12.
5. "Shandi Mitchell two-time winner at Atlantic Book Awards | Quill & Quire". Archived from the original on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2011-05-31.
6. "Shandi Mitchell | Bookreporter.com". www.bookreporter.com. Retrieved 2025-07-12.
7. "Shandi Mitchell: About the Author: HarperCollins Publishers". Archived from the original on 2009-08-13.

External links

• Official website
• Shandi Mitchell at IMDb