Plett, Casey Plett Fitzpatrick, Cat, eds.Stonewall Book Award: Barbara Gittings Literature Award Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Fiction Plett was on the Giller Prize jury in 2022. Her short story collection A Dream of a Woman was longlisted for the 2021 Giller Prize. She has cited Imogen Binnie, Elena Rose, and Julia Serano as some of her influences. Meanwhile, Elsewhere received a Stonewall Book Award in 2018. In addition to her work as an author she is the co-editor with Cat Fitzpatrick of Meanwhile, Elsewhere: Science Fiction and Fantasy from Transgender Writers, an anthology of speculative fiction from trans authors from Topside Press. She is a book reviewer for the Winnipeg Free Press and has published work in Rookie, Plenitude, The Walrus, and Two Serious Ladies. Plett previously wrote a regular column about her gender transition for McSweeney's Internet Tendency. She attended high school in Eugene, Oregon and later moved to Portland for college and New York for graduate school. Plett was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and grew up in a Mennonite family in Morden, Manitoba. A Safe Girl to Love, Little Fish, A Dream of a WomanĬasey Plett (born June 20, 1987) is a Canadian writer, best known for her novel Little Fish and Giller Prize-nominated short story collection A Dream of a Woman.
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