SCHOFIELD, ANAKANA

Anakana Schofield_ photo credit Arabella CampbellANAKANA SCHOFIELD is the author of the 2015 Giller Prize shortlisted novel Martin John, which was also a finalist for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, and the (UK) Goldsmiths Prize. Martin John received Editors’ Choice in the New York Times and was named on many Best Books of 2015 lists. Schofield’s debut novel Malarky (2012) won the 2012 Amazon.ca First Novel Award and the 2013 Debut-Litzer Prize for Fiction in the United States, was a finalist for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize and selected as a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Pick. Anakana lives in Vancouver, and her latest book is Bina: a novel in warnings.