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- 1 2 3 4 "'Histories That are Buried Beneath the Mainstream' Sheila Murray on Telling the Stories of Two Mixed Race Men in Her New Novel". Open Book, July 29, 2022.
- ↑ "The finalists for the 2022 Governor General's Literary Award for fiction". CBC Books, October 12, 2022.
- ↑ Whitney French, "Finding Edward, by Sheila Murray". Quill & Quire , June 2022.
- ↑ Michael Schaub, "Shelia (sic) Murray’s ‘Finding Edward’ Comes Out July 19". Kirkus Reviews , July 10, 2022.
- ↑ "Shortlist announced for 2023 Toronto Book Awards". Quill & Quire , September 5, 2023.
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