{{short description|Canadian writer, based out of Toronto|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox person | name = Claudia Dey | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date|35|2008|5|1}}<ref name="torontolife" /> | birth_place = Toronto, Ontario | education = McGill University<br/>National Theatre School of Canada | occupation = Writer | spouse = Don Kerr | image = Claudia Dey.jpg }}
'''Claudia Dey''' (born {{circa}} 1972/1973)<ref name="torontolife" /> is a Canadian writer, based out of Toronto.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nevins |first=Jake |date=2023-09-20 |title="I Wanted Only Velocity": Claudia Dey on Her Provocative Novel, Daughter |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/literature/i-wanted-only-velocity-claudia-dey-on-her-provocative-novel-daughter |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=Interview Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Education == Dey studied at St. Clement's before graduating in 1991<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alumna Profile: Claudia Dey '91 – St. Clement's |url=https://www.scs.on.ca/alumna-profile-claudia-dey-91/ |access-date=2023-11-26 |language=en-US}}</ref> and moving on to study English literature at McGill University and playwriting at the National Theatre School of Canada,<ref name="torontolife" /> where she graduated in 1997.<ref>{{cite web |title=Alumni, Playwriting: 1990-1999 |url=http://www.ent-nts.ca/en/alumni/all/playwriting/1990.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110827062750/http://www.ent-nts.ca/en/alumni/all/playwriting/1990.aspx |archive-date=2011-08-27 |access-date=2012-02-02 |publisher=National Theatre School of Canada}}</ref>
== Career == Dey's first novel, ''Stunt'', was published by Coach House Books. It was one of The Globe and Mail's "2008 Globe 100"<ref name="gnm2008">{{cite news | url = https://www.theglobeandmail.com/books/the-best-fiction-of-2008/article726320/ |title = The best fiction of 2008 | work = The Globe and Mail | location = Toronto | date = December 4, 2008 | accessdate = March 2, 2010}}</ref> and Quill and Quire's "Books of the Year."<ref name="qnq2008">{{cite web | url = http://www.quillandquire.com/books-of-the-year-2008/ | title = Books of the Year 2008 | publisher = quillandquire.com | year = 2008 | accessdate = 2010-03-02 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100217175325/http://www.quillandquire.com/books-of-the-year-2008/ | archive-date = 2010-02-17 | url-status = dead }}</ref> It was nominated for the Amazon First Novel Award.<ref name="amazonfna">{{cite web | url = https://www.amazon.ca/First-Novel-Award-Books/b?ie=UTF8&node=1194446 | title = First Novel Award | publisher = Amazon.ca | date = | accessdate = 2010-03-02}}</ref>
Dey's second novel, ''Heartbreaker'', was published by Random House (U.S.), HarperCollins (Canada), and The Borough Press (U.K.) It was listed by Publishers Weekly in "Writers to Watch Fall 2018: Anticipated Debuts"<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20180702/77408-writers-to-watch-fall-2018-anticipated-debuts.html|title=Writers to Watch Fall 2018: Anticipated Debuts|work=PublishersWeekly.com|access-date=2018-07-05|language=en}}</ref> and was on The Millions "Most Anticipated: The Great Second Half 2018 Book Preview".{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}
From 2007 to 2009, Dey wrote the "Group Therapy" column in ''The Globe and Mail''.<ref name="gnmgt">{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/columnists/claudia-dey/ |title=Claudia Dey |work=The Globe and Mail |location=Toronto |accessdate=2010-03-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100225071225/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/columnists/claudia-dey/ |archivedate=February 25, 2010 }}</ref> She also wrote the sex column in Toro under the pseudonym Bebe O'Shea.<ref name="torontolife">{{cite web | first = Gerald | last = Hannon | url = http://www.torontolife.com/features/drama-queen/ | title = Drama Queen | publisher = torontolife.com | date = May 2008 | accessdate = 2010-03-02 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100430134847/http://www.torontolife.com/features/drama-queen/ | archive-date = 2010-04-30 | url-status = dead }}</ref> Her writing and interviews have been published in The Paris Review,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Claudia Dey |url=https://www.theparisreview.org/authors/33212/claudia-dey |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=The Paris Review |language=en}}</ref> and The Believer.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Claudia Dey |url=https://www.thebeliever.net/contributor/claudia-dey/ |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=Believer Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>
Her 2023 novel, ''Daughter'', was shortlisted for the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction in 2024.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/2024-shortlist | title=2024 Shortlist }}</ref>
She is also the author of several plays: Beaver (2000), The Gwendolyn Poems (2002) and Trout Stanley (2005). They have been performed in Toronto, Montreal, New York and Vancouver. ''The Gwendolyn Poems'', about Canadian poet, Gwendolyn MacEwen, was nominated for the 2002 Governor General's Awards and the Trillium Book Award.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}
In addition to her literary work, Dey has also acted in three feature films, Amy George (2011), The Oxbow Cure (2013) and The Intestine (2016), and is a co-founder of the design studio and clothing brand, Horses Atelier.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}
==Personal life== Dey married Canadian musician Don Kerr on Ward's Island in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |last=reporter |first=john goddard staff |date=2008-09-20 |title=The poor man's Banff Centre |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/the-poor-mans-banff-centre/article_5da7d322-dd4d-5e23-92a3-10182004e92c.html |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=Toronto Star |language=en}}</ref> They live in Toronto with their two sons.
==Works==
* ''Beaver'' (2000) * ''The Gwendolyn Poems'' (2002) * ''Trout Stanley'' (2005) * ''Stunt'' (2008) * ''How to Be a Bush Pilot: A Field Guide to Getting Luckier'' (2012) * ''Heartbreaker'' (2018) * ''Daughter'' (2023) <ref>{{Cite news |last=Howrey |first=Meg |date=2023-09-08 |title=An Artist Draws Inspiration, and Misery, From Her Elusive Father |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/08/books/review/claudia-dey-daughter.html |access-date=2024-06-12 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist|2}}
==External links== *{{Official website|http://claudiadey.com}} *[https://www.dramaonlinelibrary.com/playwrights/claudia-dey-iid-166333 Drama Online: Claudia Dey] *{{IMDb name|nm4192288|Claudia Dey}} *https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/04/26/the-child-thing-an-interview-with-sheila-heti/ *https://www.believermag.com/issues/201307/?read=interview_feist *https://believermag.tumblr.com/post/26150434236/correspondence *https://fashionmagazine.com/culture/claudia-dey-summer-essay/ *https://torontolife.com/style/fashion/claudia-dey-hat-tricks/ *http://www.flare.com/fashion/editorial-moving-pieces/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031075233/https://www.flare.com/fashion/editorial-moving-pieces/ |date=2020-10-31 }} *[http://www.joyland.ca/stories/toronto/but_who_will_slap_marguerite "But Who Will Slap Marguerite?": Short Fiction at Joyland] *[http://ryeberg.com/curated-videos/alone-with-a-friend-in-the-absence-of-hipness Alone With A Friend in the Absence of Hipness: Ryeberg Curated Videos]
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