Raziel Reid
| Raziel Reid | |
|---|---|
| Occupation |
Journalist Young adult novelist |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Period | 2010s-present |
| Notable works | When Everything Feels Like the Movies |
Raziel Reid is a Canadian writer, whose debut young adult novel When Everything Feels Like the Movies won the Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature at the 2014 Governor General's Awards.[1] The novel, inspired in part by the 2008 murder of gay teenager Lawrence Fobes King,[2] was published by Arsenal Pulp Press in 2014.[3] Its launch was marked with a national book tour with Vivek Shraya, who was simultaneously promoting his new book She of the Mountains.[4]
A graduate of the New York Film Academy, Reid is a former blogger and columnist for Xtra Vancouver.[4]
When Everything Feels Like the Movies was selected for inclusion in the 2015 edition of Canada Reads, where it was defended by blogger and broadcaster Elaine Lui.[5] It was also nominated for a Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Children's/Young Adult Literature at the 27th Lambda Literary Awards,[6] and for Publishing Triangle's Ferro-Grumley Award.[7]
Works
- When Everything Feels Like the Movies (2014, ISBN 978-1-55152-574-7)
References
- ↑ "Thomas King wins Governor General’s award for fiction". The Globe and Mail, November 18, 2014.
- ↑ "On Raziel Reid, and when everything feels like a controversy". National Post, January 27, 2015.
- ↑ Fall Preview 2014: YA and children's fiction. Quill & Quire, May 27, 2014.
- 1 2 "Raziel Reid & Vivek Shraya -- Dual Book Launch". McNally Robinson, October 1, 2014.
- ↑ "CBC announces Canada Reads finalists". Toronto Star, January 20, 2015.
- ↑ "The 26th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists". Lambda Literary Foundation, March 4, 2015.
- ↑ "The Publishing Triangle Award Finalists Announced". Lambda Literary Foundation, March 10, 2015.