Tracey Waddleton (born September 1, 1979) is a Canadian writer from Newfoundland and Labrador. [1] Her debut short story collection, Send More Tourists...the Last Ones Were Delicious, was the 2020 winner of the ReLit Award for short fiction. [2]
Waddleton was born in St. John's, but grew up in the small town of Trepassey. [3] An earlier draft of Send More Tourists was shortlisted for the province's Fresh Fish Award for emerging writers in 2013, before being published in 2019 by Breakwater Books. [4]
Genni Gunn is a Canadian novelist, poet, and translator.
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