{{Short description|Canadian writer}} [[File:Carrie Snyder at the Eden Mills Writers Festival 2014 (DanH-0132) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Snyder at the Eden Mills Writers' Festival in 2013]] '''Carrie Snyder''' is a Canadian writer. Her 2012 short story collection ''The Juliet Stories'' was a nominee for the Governor General's Award for English fiction at the 2012 Governor General's Awards.<ref name=cbc>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/headlines/hamilton-native-marveling-over-surreal-gg-nomination-1.1144335 "Hamilton native marveling over 'surreal' GG nomination"]. CBC News, October 4, 2012.</ref> She is also the author of the blog, Obscure Canlit Mama.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://carriesnyder.com/ |title=Obscure CanLit Mama |publisher=Carrie Snyder |date= |accessdate=October 7, 2015}}</ref>
In 2014 she published her debut novel ''Girl Runner''. It was inspired by the 1928 Summer Olympics in which women were first allowed to compete in track and field. It was shortlisted for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/books/miriam-toews-former-winner-of-writers-trust-fiction-prize-on-short-list-again-277751801.html |title=Carrie Snyder, Miriam Toews among finalists for Writers' Trust Fiction Prize |date=October 1, 2014 |first=Victoria |last=Ahearn |publisher=Winnipeg Free Press |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141004181303/http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/books/miriam-toews-former-winner-of-writers-trust-fiction-prize-on-short-list-again-277751801.html |archivedate=October 4, 2014 }}</ref>
Born in Hamilton, Ontario,<ref name=cbc /> she currently lives in Waterloo with her husband, four children and a dog.<ref name=record>[http://www.therecord.com/whatson-story/2598838-books-waterloo-writer-carrie-snyder-s-new-book-is-described-as-a-nove/ "Books: Waterloo writer Carrie Snyder’s new book is described as a novel in stories"]. ''The Record'', February 17, 2012.</ref> In 2019 and 2020, along with local art groups, she co-coordinated the X Page storytelling workshop for immigrant and refugee women. <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thexpageworkshop.com/ |title=The X Page: A Storytelling Workshop |accessdate=June 17, 2020}}</ref> She spent part of her childhood living in Nicaragua, which is reflected in ''The Juliet Stories''.<ref name=record />
==Works== *''Hair Hat'' (2004, {{ISBN|978-0143015376}}) *''The Juliet Stories'' (2012, {{ISBN|978-1770890022}}) *''Girl Runner'' (2014) *''The Candy Conspiracy'' (2015) *''Jammie Day!'' (2017) *''Francie's Got a Gun'' (2022, {{ISBN|978-0735281912}})
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