Casey Plett

Casey Plett
Occupation short story writer
Nationality Canadian
Period 2010-present
Notable works A Safe Girl to Love
Website
caseyplett.wordpress.com

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

  1. "Lambda Literary Awards laud best gay, lesbian and transgender books". Los Angeles Times, June 2, 2015.
  2. "Alex Leslie wins 2015 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT Emerging Writers". Quill & Quire, June 8, 2015.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. "CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: SHORT SPECULATIVE FICTION BY TRANSGENDER WRITERS" Archived June 22, 2015, at the Wayback Machine.. Topside Press, February 18, 2015.


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