Kathleen Winter is a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 short story writer and novelist.

Born in Bill Quay

Bill Quay

Bill Quay is an area in the east of Gateshead in North East England, situated between Hebburn to the east and Pelaw to the west. It lies on the south bank of the River Tyne, facing Walker-on-Tyne.- History :...

, near Gateshead in the north of England

England

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 and raised in Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...

, Winter began her career as a script writer for Sesame Street

Sesame Street

Sesame Street has undergone significant changes in its history. According to writer Michael Davis, by the mid-1970s the show had become "an American institution". The cast and crew expanded during this time, including the hiring of women in the crew and additional minorities in the cast. The...

before becoming a columnist for The Telegram

The Telegram

The Telegram is a daily newspaper published in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.-History:The Evening Telegram was first published on April 3, 1879 by William James Herder. It adopted its current name in 1998, although it was also briefly published under this name in 1881...

in St. John's

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

St. John's is the capital and largest city in Newfoundland and Labrador, and is the oldest English-founded city in North America. It is located on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland. With a population of 192,326 as of July 1, 2010, the St...

. Her debut short story collection, boYs, was published in 2007 and won that year's Winterset Award

Winterset Award

The Winterset Award is a Canadian literary award, presented annually by the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council to a work judged to be the best book, regardless of genre, published by a writer from Newfoundland and Labrador....

 and Metcalf-Rooke Award.

Her novel Annabel

Annabel (Winter novel)

Annabel is a 2010 novel by Canada-based author Kathleen Winter. It was short-listed for the 2011 Orange Prize for Fiction and adapted for BBC Radio by Emma Harding and Miranda Davies.A baby is born in 1968, in far-from-everywhere northern Labrador, Canada...

was published in 2010, and won the Thomas Head Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award. It was a shortlisted nominee for the Scotiabank Giller Prize

Scotiabank Giller Prize

The Scotiabank Giller Prize, or Giller Prize, is a literary award given to a Canadian author of a novel or short story collection published in English the previous year, after an annual juried competition between publishers who submit entries...

, the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize

Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize

The Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize is a Canadian literary award presented by Rogers Communications and the Writers' Trust of Canada after an annual juried competition between publishers who submit entries....

 and the 2010 Governor General's Awards

2010 Governor General's Awards

The shortlisted nominees for the 2010 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 13, and winning titles were announced on November 16...

. It held the distinction of being the only novel to make the short list of all three awards in 2010. In 2011 it was shortlisted for the 2011 Orange Prize for Fiction

Orange Prize for Fiction

The Orange Prize for Fiction is one of the United Kingdom's most prestigious literary prizes, annually awarded to a female author of any nationality for the best original full-length novel written in English, and published in the United Kingdom in the preceding year...

.

She lives in Montreal with her Québécois husband and is the sister of novelist Michael Winter.

Works

• Where Is Mario? (1987)
• The Road Along the Shore - An Island Shore Journal (1991)
• boYs (2007)
• Annabel
  Annabel (Winter novel)
  Annabel is a 2010 novel by Canada-based author Kathleen Winter. It was short-listed for the 2011 Orange Prize for Fiction and adapted for BBC Radio by Emma Harding and Miranda Davies.A baby is born in 1968, in far-from-everywhere northern Labrador, Canada...
  
  (2010)