Casey Plett
| Casey Plett | |
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| Occupation | short story writer |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Period | 2010-present |
| Notable works | A Safe Girl to Love |
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Casey Plett is a Canadian writer. She has won the Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Fiction at the 27th Lambda Literary Awards in 2015 for her debut short story collection A Safe Girl to Love,[1] and an Honour of Distinction from the Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT writers in Canada.[2]
Plett previously wrote a regular column about her gender transition for McSweeney's Internet Tendency.[3] She is a book reviewer for the Winnipeg Free Press[3] and has published work in Rookie, Plenitude, The Walrus, and Two Serious Ladies.[4] She is the co-editor with Cat Fitzpatrick of an upcoming anthology of speculative fiction from trans authors from Topside Press.[5] She has cited Imogen Binnie, Elena Rose, and Julia Serano as some of her influences.[4]
Originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba,[3] she currently lives in Windsor, Ontario.
References
- ↑ "Lambda Literary Awards laud best gay, lesbian and transgender books". Los Angeles Times, June 2, 2015.
- ↑ "Alex Leslie wins 2015 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT Emerging Writers". Quill & Quire, June 8, 2015.
- 1 2 3 "Winnipeg author mines her experiences and those of other trans women in fearless collection of short stories". Winnipeg Free Press, June 19, 2014.
- 1 2 Page/Odofemi, Morgan M. "Trans Women's Lit? An Interview with Trish Salah and Casey Plett". Canadian Women in the Literary Arts. Retrieved June 23, 2015.
- ↑ "CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: SHORT SPECULATIVE FICTION BY TRANSGENDER WRITERS" Archived June 22, 2015, at the Wayback Machine.. Topside Press, February 18, 2015.