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Theresa Shea

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Theresa Shea's third novel, Dog Days of Planet Earth, will be out fall 2026 with ECW Press. Her second novel, The Shade Tree, won the 2020 Guernica Prize and the 2022 Alberta Book Award. The Historical Novel Society named it an Editors' Choice: "Mesmerizing, engrossing, and brilliantly plotted, this is an achievement that will echo long after the last page is turned."

Shea's debut novel, The Unfinished Child,, dramatically explores the moral challenges that result from the increased scientific interventions into human reproduction. It was a finalist for the Alberta Book Award (2014), and the Alberta Readers' Choice Award (2014).

She lives, parents, and writes in Edmonton, Canada. Find her online at https://theresashea.com or on instagram a ...more

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