Annabel Lyon Explained

Birth Place:	Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Occupation:	Novelist and short-story writer
Education:	Simon Fraser University (BA)University of British Columbia (MFA)

Annabel Lyon (born 1971)^[1] is a Canadian novelist and short-story writer. She has published two collections of short fiction, two young adult novels, and two adult historical novels, The Golden Mean and its sequel, The Sweet Girl.

Life and work

Born in Brampton, Ontario, Lyon grew up in Coquitlam, British Columbia, where she and her family moved when she was a year old.^[2] She completed her Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy at Simon Fraser University and an MFA in Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia. In addition, she attended the University of British Columbia's Faculty of Law for one year.

Lyon published her first book, Oxygen, a collection of stories, in 2000. The Best Thing for You, a collection of three novellas, followed in 2004 and was nominated for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize.

Her first novel, The Golden Mean, which imagines the relationship between Alexander the Great and his teacher, Aristotle, was published in 2009. It held the distinction of being the only book nominated that year for all three of Canada's major fiction prizes: the Scotiabank Giller Prize,^[3] the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction,^[4] and the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize.^[5] Of the three, she won the Rogers Prize.^[6] The book has been translated into six languages.^[7] A sequel, The Sweet Girl, which explores the life of Aristotle's daughter, Pythias, was published in September 2012.^[8]

Her novel Consent was longlisted for the Giller Prize in 2020.^[9]

She lives in New Westminster, British Columbia, one of 13 cities in Metro Vancouver.

Awards and honors

Awards for Lyon's writing!Year!Title!Award!Result!Ref.

2005		Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize	Shortlist
2009	The Golden Mean	Giller Prize	Shortlist
2009	The Golden Mean	Governor General's Award for English-language fiction	Finalist
2009	The Golden Mean	Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize	Winner
2010		Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize	Shortlist
2012	The Sweet Girl	Giller Prize	Longlist	^[10]
2020	Consent	Giller Prize	Longlist
2021	Consent	Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize	Shortlist	^[11] ^[12]

Bibliography

Short fiction

• Oxygen (2000) McClelland & Stewart
• The Best Thing for You (2004) McClelland & Stewart
• Saturday Night Function (2004) Biblioasis
• Imagining ancient women. 2012. Henry Kreisel Memorial Lecture Series, University of Alberta Press

Novels

• All-Season Edie (2009) Orca Book Publishers
  • The Golden Mean (2009) Random House Canada Encore Edie (2010) Puffin Canada
  • The Sweet Girl (2012) Random House Canada Consent (2020)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wunker . Erin . April 15, 2014 . Annabel Lyon . 2023-05-20 . . 2022-12-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221201160724/https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/annabel-lyon . live .
2. Web site: Lederman . Marsha . 2009-10-21 . Annabel Lyon: CanLit's newest golden girl . https://web.archive.org/web/20091123094321/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/annabel-lyon-canlits-newest-golden-girl/article1326472/ . 2009-11-23 . 2023-05-20 . The Globe and Mail.
3. Farquharson, Vanessa. "Familiar names missing from Giller Prize list". Regina Leader-Post, October 7, 2009.
4. Adrian Chamberlain, "Bookstore clerk's first offering vies with Alice Munro for top prize". Victoria Times-Colonist, October 15, 2009.
5. Web site: 2009-11-25 . Annabel Lyon wins Writer's Trust award . dead . http://www.theglobeandmail.com/books/annabel-lyon-wins-writers-trust-award/article1376820/ . 2009-11-28 . 2023-05-21 . The Globe and Mail.
6. Web site: Lederman . Marsha . 2009-10-21 . Annabel Lyon: CanLit's newest golden girl . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091123094321/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/annabel-lyon-canlits-newest-golden-girl/article1326472/ . 2009-11-23 . 2023-05-21 . The Globe and Mail.
7. Web site: Annabel Lyon author biography . 2023-05-21 . BookBrowse . en . 2019-04-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190428023053/https://www.bookbrowse.com/biographies/index.cfm/author_number/1944/annabel-lyon . live .
8. News: 2012-09-21 . The Sweet Girl: Aristotle’s other, forgotten child . en-CA . . 2023-05-21 . 2021-01-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210126051626/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/book-reviews/the-sweet-girl-aristotles-other-forgotten-child/article4558469/ . live .
9. Web site: Dundas . Deborah . 2020-09-08 . Thomas King, Emma Donoghue make the 2020 Giller longlist in a year marked by firsts . 2023-05-20 . . en . 2022-11-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221103054233/https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2020/09/08/thomas-king-emma-donoghue-make-the-2020-giller-longlist-in-a-year-marked-by-firsts.html . live .
10. "Lyon, Richardson among authors on Giller long list". Prince George Citizen, September 5, 2012.
11. Web site: Porter . Ryan . 2021-04-08 . Eight shortlists announced for BC and Yukon Book Prizes . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220808073040/https://quillandquire.com/omni/eight-shortlists-announced-for-bc-and-yukon-book-prizes/ . 2022-08-08 . 2023-04-22 . . en.
12. Web site: Takeuchi . Craig . 2021-04-08 . B.C. and Yukon Book Prize shortlists announced for 2021 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210408203227/https://www.straight.com/arts/bc-and-yukon-book-prize-shortlists-announced-for-2021 . 2021-04-08 . 2023-04-22 . . en.