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Jessica Grant


Born
in St. Johns, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
January 01, 1972

Genre
Literature & Fiction, Short Stories


Jessica Grant is a Canadian writer, whose debut novel Come, Thou Tortoise won the 2009 Winterset Award and the 2009 Books in Canada First Novel Award.

She lives in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.

Jessica Grant is a member of Newfoundland's Burning Rock Collective (members include Michael Winter and Lisa Moore). Her first collection of short stories, Making Light of Tragedy, includes a story that won both the Western Magazine Award for Fiction and the Journey Prize.

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Average rating: 3.94 · 4,007 ratings · 561 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors
Come, Thou Tortoise
3.94 avg rating — 3,959 ratings — published 2009 — 13 editions
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3.90 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2004
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“I eagerly await more complex concentricity in our Canadian coinage.”
― Jessica Grant, Come, Thou Tortoise
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“I would not say no to a tortoise, I said.”
― Jessica Grant, Come, Thou Tortoise
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“Fear is the mark of insufficient curiosity, said Uncle Thoby. And you are too curious to be fearful, Oddly.”
― Jessica Grant
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