Lynn Coady
Lynn Coady
Lynn Coady is a Canadian novelist and journalist...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth24 January 1970
CountryCanada
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While Person A might believe the kitchen counter provides a reasonable surface on which to place one's balled-up sweatsocks post-gym, Person B - about to cut up some vegetables on that same counter, perhaps for a meal intended to be shared with Person A - can only read the sockball as a message that says, 'Hi! I have contempt for you!'
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We like long-form narrative journalism, and we feel there aren't enough high-profile outlets in Canada running the kind of stories we want to showcase - long, meaty, thoughtful, investigative.
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To buy dinner transmits that you feel time spent in your date's company has been a pleasure and a privilege.
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When you're not sure your anger is justified, the thing to do is ask yourself exactly where it's coming from.
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Loneliness sucks. It's a slog. It feels wonderful and exhilarating when someone makes it go away. But love is a whole different ball game.
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It's doubtful that any fiction worth reading has been produced on a computer running Windows Vista.
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It makes me proud not just to be a Canadian writer but to be a Canadian, to live in a country where we treat our writers like movie stars.
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In the late sixties, when revolution and upheaval were everywhere, feminists were ridiculed for focusing on housework.
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I've never understood people who treat their loved ones worse and with less respect than they would a total stranger or minor acquaintance.
collection short stories win
I would never have thought my collection of short stories would win the Giller.
responsibility
I think, as writers, our first responsibility is to writing an honest story. Tell the story you want to tell, without pulling your punches.
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I started out in the journalism program, but I got kicked out. I wasn't very good at it. It wasn't where I wanted to be ultimately.
nominee
I know what the Giller nominee effect is, but we'll see what the next level is.
trust
I just have to trust that the story is going to shake out in such a way that's going to be palatable to readers.