Merilyn Simonds
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Merilyn Simonds

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Merilyn Simonds is the author of 18 books, including the novel The Holding, a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice, and the Canadian classic nonfiction novel, The Convict Lover, a finalist for the Governor General's Award. In 2017, Project Bookmark Canada unveiled a plaque to honour the place of The Convict Lover in Canada’s literary landscape. Simonds’ short fiction is anthologized internationally and her books are published in the UK, Europe, Asia, Canada, and the United States. In 2012 she published The Paradise Project, a collection of flash fiction hand-printed on an antique press with endpapers made from plants in her garden. The experience of producing the collection in both a digital and book-arts edition is the subject of Gutenberg’s Fingerprint: Paper, Pixels, and the Lasting Impression of Books. Her most recent publication is Refuge, a novel set in Mexico City, New York, and eastern Ontario. Simonds writes a blog—Books Unpacked—on her website merilynsimonds.com. She shares her life with writer Wayne Grady. They divide their time between Mexico and Canada.
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    • Woman, Watching

    • Louise de Kiriline Lawrence and the Songbirds of Pimisi Bay
    • Written by: Merilyn Simonds
    • Narrated by: Elizabeth Wiley
    • Length: 15 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 2022-05-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings

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    • Refuge

    • Written by: Merilyn Simonds
    • Narrated by: Xe Sands
    • Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 2018-11-06
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings

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