Lynn Coady

Quick Facts

Full Name	Lynn Coady
Occupation	Novelist
Date Of Birth	Jan 24, 1970(1970-01-24)
Age	54
Birthplace	Port Hawkesbury
Country	Canada
Birth City	Nova Scotia
Horoscope	Capricorn

Lynn Coady Biography

Lynn Coady is one of the most popular and richest Novelist who was born on January 24, 1970 in Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia, Canada. Lynn Coady, a Canadian journalist and novelist, was born January 24, 1970.

Mean Boy was named a “Best Book” in 2006. The novel tells the story of Lawrence Campbell, a 19-year old boy who is starting university in a small New Brunswick city. Campbell dreams of becoming an author in 1975. Campbell was attracted away from his home in Prince Edward Island by the lure of studying with Jim Arsenault, his poet hero. Campbell discovers that people are more complex than one might expect as he goes through the year.

Coady’s 2013 book, Hellgoing is a collection of short stories, each about characters going through their own personal versions of hell. Despite this, the stories prompt laughing far more often than tears. This book was the winner of the 2013 Scotiabank Giller Prize.

In 2017, Coady was announced as juror for the 2017 Scotiabank Giller Prize.

Play the Monster Blind, Coady’s second book, was a national bestseller and was named a “Best Book” for 2000 by The Globe and Mail. Saints of Big Harbour was named a Globe and Mail Best Book in 2002.

Lynn Coady Net Worth

Lynn Coady is one of the richest Novelist from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Lynn Coady 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Coady was raised in Port Hawkesbury (Nova Scotia). She attended Carleton University in Ottawa after high school. After graduating, she moved to New Brunswick where she worked for several years at odd jobs and then began her career as a playwright. She moved to Vancouver, British Columbia in 1996. There she received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of British Columbia in creative writing. She moved to Edmonton in 2006 to teach creative writing at Athabasca University. There she also developed a course in short story writing and moved to Toronto in 2007 to join Anansi Press.

Strange Heaven (1998) was Coady’s debut book and nominated for the Governor General’s Award. Coady paints a different picture about her province of Nova Scotia in the novel, which is set in Nova Scotia. Strange Heaven focuses on Bridget Murphy’s life after she has been admitted to a mental ward following the birth of a child who was adopted. Murphy returns to her Cape Breton home and sees the world in a new light, but she still finds solace in this strange and dysfunctional place.

Coady’s 2011 novel The Antagonist concerns the life of Gordon Rankin, Coady’s fictional character known more commonly in the novel as Rank. The character reflects how being cast as a hockey goon and tough guy impacted his life. In response to a novel written about him by an old university friend Rank dedicates himself to providing his own account of events from his past. The reader is brought into Rank’s world and exposed to his hurts, joys, and ultimately the realization that one must narrate their own lives and reject the labels others may try to give you. This novel was shortlisted for the 2011 Scotiabank Giller Prize;.

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Lynn Ranked on the list of most popular Novelist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Lynn Coady celebrates birthday on January 24 of every year.