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Name
  
Edeet Ravel

Role
  
Novelist


Education
  
McGill University

Movies
  
The Saver

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Nominations
  
Scotiabank Giller Prize, Governor General's Award for English-language fiction

Books
  
Ten thousand lovers, A Wall of Light, The Saver, Held, Your Sad Eyes and Unforgett

Held by edeet ravel


Edeet Ravel is an Israeli-Canadian novelist born in Israel and raised in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She currently lives in Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

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Background

Edeet Ravel is a Canadian-Israeli writer who was born in 1955 in Sasa, an Israeli kibbutz near the Lebanese border. Her family relocated to Montreal when she was seven. At age 18 she returned to Israel to attend Hebrew University where she received a B.A. and M.A. in English Literature. She returned to Montreal to complete an M.A. and Ph.D in Jewish Studies at McGill University and a Masters in Creative Writing at Concordia University. She subsequently taught at McGill, Concordia and John Abbott College.

Awards

  • Norma Epstein National Fiction Award (Lovers A Midrash)
  • Governor General's Award Finalist (Ten Thousand Lovers)
  • Koret Jewish Book Award Finalist (Ten Thousand Lovers)
  • Quebec Writers Federation Award Finalist (Ten Thousand Lovers)
  • Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction (Look For Me)
  • Scotiabank Giller Prize Finalist (A Wall of Light)
  • Canada & The Caribbean Commonwealth Writers' Prize Finalist (A Wall of Light)
  • Canadian Jewish Book Award (A Wall of Light)
  • J.I. Segal Award (A Wall of Light)
  • Canadian Children's Bookclub Choice (Pauline Series, The Saver)
  • 2012 Popular Paperback for Young Adults, ALA (Held)
  • Best Bets List, Ontario Library Association (Held)
  • YA Top Forty Fiction Titles, Pennsylvania School Librarians Association (Held)
  • Best Books for Kids & Teens 2012, Canadian Children’s Book Centre (Held)
  • Next Generation Indie Book Award finalist (Held)
  • Young Adult Book of the Year finalist, Canadian Library Association (Held)
  • Arthur Ellis Award finalist (Held)
  • John Spray Mystery Award finalist (Held)
  • Snow Willow Award 2012 (Held)
  • Evergreen Award nominee 2014 (The Cat)
  • References

    Edeet Ravel Wikipedia