Eva Crocker Explained
Eva Crocker is a Canadian writer based in St. John's, whose debut short story collection Barrelling Forward was published in 2017.[1]
The daughter of writer Lisa Moore and Memorial University of Newfoundland academic Stephen Crocker,[2] she was a child actor in her youth, appearing in Mary Lewis's 1998 short film When Ponds Freeze Over.
Following the publication of Barrelling Forward she was named as a finalist for the 2017 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ writers,[3] and the book was a nominee for the 2018 ReLit Award for short fiction.[4]
Her first novel, All I Ask, was published in 2020.[5] The novel was longlisted for the Giller Prize in 2020; Crocker was the first child of a prior Giller nominee to receive a nomination.[6] It won the Winterset Award for 2020.[7] It was also a finalist for the ReLit Award for fiction in 2021.[8]
In 2023 she published the novel Back in the Land of the Living.[9]
Notes and References
- https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2017/03/19/sizzling-debut-a-portrait-of-millennial-st-johns.html "'Sizzling debut' a portrait of millennial St. John's"
- https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2017/02/19/the-joys-and-downfalls-of-being-part-of-a-writing-family.html "The joys and downfalls of being part of a writing family"
- http://www.cbc.ca/books/2017/05/kai-cheng-thom-eva-crocker-and-ali-blythe-nominated-for-lgbtq-emerging-writers-prize.html "Kai Cheng Thom, Eva Crocker and Ali Blythe nominated for LGBTQ Emerging Writers Prize"
- https://www.cbc.ca/books/43-books-shortlisted-for-2018-relit-awards-as-prize-returns-after-4-year-hiatus-1.5978269 "43 books shortlisted for 2018 Relit Awards, as prize returns after 4-year hiatus"
- https://www.cbc.ca/books/47-works-of-canadian-fiction-to-watch-for-in-spring-2020-1.5426273 "47 works of Canadian fiction to watch for in spring 2020"
- Deborah Dundas, "Thomas King, Emma Donoghue make the 2020 Giller Longlist in a year marked by firsts". toronto Star, September 8, 2020.
- Web site: 2021-03-25. Eva Crocker wins $12,500 Winterset Award for Newfoundland and Labrador authors. 2021-07-12. Quill and Quire. en.
- https://www.cbc.ca/books/38-books-shortlisted-for-2021-relit-awards-1.5993333 "38 books shortlisted for 2021 ReLit Awards"
- Sadie Graham, "Ditching St. John’s for Montreal, living millenial life post-COVID: this isn’t your typical coming-of-age novel". Toronto Star, August 18, 2023.
