Lynn CoadyÕs fiction has been garnering acclaim since her first novel, Strange Heaven was nominated for the Governor-GeneralÕs Literary Award for Fiction when she was 28. CoadyÕs other work includes a best-selling short story collection, Play the Monster Blind (2000) as well as the award-winning novel Saints of Big Harbour (2002) and Mean Boy (2006). Lynn Coady grew up on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia and now lives in Edmonton. Her most recent novel is The Antagonist, which was short-listed for the 2011 Giller Prize.
