Casey Plett | |
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Born | [1] Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | June 20, 1987
Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | Canadian |
Period | 2010-present |
Notable works | A Safe Girl to Love, Little Fish, A Dream of a Woman |
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Casey Plett (born June 20, 1987) is a Canadian writer, best known for her novel Little Fish, her Lambda Literary Award winning short story collection, A Safe Girl to Love, and her Giller Prize-nominated short story collection, A Dream of a Woman. Plett is a transgender woman, and she often centers this experience in her writing.
Plett was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and grew up in a Mennonite family in Morden, Manitoba.[2][3] She attended high school in Eugene, Oregon, and later moved to Portland for college and New York for graduate school.[2] She currently lives in Windsor, Ontario.[4]
Plett previously wrote a regular column about her gender transition for McSweeney's Internet Tendency.[5] She is a book reviewer for the Winnipeg Free Press[5] and has published work in Rookie, Plenitude, The Walrus, and Two Serious Ladies.[6]
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 transgender authors from Topside Press.[7] Meanwhile, Elsewhere received a Stonewall Book Award in 2018.[8] After Topside was disbanded, Plett and Fitzpatrick co-founded LittlePuss Press, done initially to continue the printing of Meanwhile, Elsewhere. Afterwards, they published Faltas, which was the recipient of the 2023 Stonewall Award in the nonfiction category.[9]
She has cited Imogen Binnie, Elena Rose, and Julia Serano as some of her influences.[6]
Her 2014 short story collection A Safe Girl to Love was reprinted by Arsenal Pulp Press with a new afterword from the author in 2023.[10]
Her short story collection, A Dream of a Woman, was longlisted for the 2021 Giller Prize.[11] Plett then served on the Giller Prize jury in 2022.[12]
Work | Awards | Result | Ref. |
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A Safe Girl to Love | Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Fiction | Won | [13] |
Dayne Oglivie Prize | Nominated | [14][15] | |
Meanwhile, Elsewhere | Stonewall Book Award: Barbara Gittings Literature Award | Won | [8] |
Little Fish | Amazon.ca First Novel Award | Won | [16] |
Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Fiction | Won | [17] | |
A Dream of a Woman | Giller Prize | Longlisted | [18][11] |
On Community | Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Nonfiction | Pending | [19] |
Works by Plett include the following: