Sheila MurraySheila Murray is a Canadian writer.[1] Her debut novel Finding Edward was published in 2022, and was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 2022 Governor General's Awards.[2] Finding Edward centres on Cyril Rowntree, a young mixed-race man from Jamaica who moves to Toronto as an international student, and connects with Edward Davina, an isolated elderly man whose life followed a similar path.[3] It was published in July 2022 by Cormorant Books.[4] The novel was also a finalist for the 2023 Toronto Book Awards.[5] Personal lifeMurray was born in St Albans, England, and emigrated to Canada with her family as a teenager.[1] She is based in Hamilton, Ontario, where she coordinates a climate change activist project.[1] She has also published short fiction in various Canadian literary magazines.[1] References
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