{{Short description|Canadian writer}} '''Paige Cooper''' is a Canadian writer, originally from Canmore, Alberta<ref name="Canmore">{{cite web |last1=Volmers |first1=Eric |url=https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/books/canmore-native-paige-cooper-writes-dystopian-love-stories-of-an-uncertain-time-and-place|title=Canmore native Paige Cooper writes dystopian love stories for an uncertain time and place|work=Calgary Herald|date=October 5, 2018}}</ref> and currently based in Montreal, Quebec.<ref>[https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/books/beautiful-and-strange-476394893.html "Beautiful and strange"]. ''Winnipeg Free Press'', March 10, 2018.</ref> Her debut short story collection ''Zolitude'' was named as a longlisted nominee for the 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize,<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/books/esi-edugyan-patrick-dewitt-tanya-tagaq-among-12-authors-longlisted-for-2018-scotiabank-giller-prize-1.4824355 "Esi Edugyan, Patrick deWitt, Tanya Tagaq among 12 authors longlisted for 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize"]. CBC Books, September 17, 2018.</ref> a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction,<ref>[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2018/10/03/miriam-toews-rawi-hage-in-running-for-25000-governor-generals-fiction-prize.html "Miriam Toews, Rawi Hage in running for $25,000 Governor General's fiction prize"]. ''Toronto Star'', October 3, 2018.</ref> a shortlisted finalist for the Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction in 2018,<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction – Quebec Writers' Federation |url=https://qwf.org/prize/the-paragraphe-hugh-maclennan-prize-for-fiction/ |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=qwf.org}}</ref> and a runner-up for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190602033625/https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/carrianne-leung-wins-10-000-short-fiction-prize-for-that-time-i-loved-you-1.4447878 "Carrianne Leung wins $10,000 short fiction prize for 'That Time I Loved You'"]. CTV News, June 1, 2019.</ref> ''Zolitude'' won the 2018 Concordia University First Book Prize.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Concordia University First Book Prize – Quebec Writers' Federation |url=https://qwf.org/prize/the-concordia-university-first-book-prize/ |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=qwf.org}}</ref> A French translation of ''Zolitude'' was published by Éditions du Boréal in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tardif |first=Dominic |date=2019-11-16 |title="Zolitude": Paige Cooper à la frontière entre paranoïa et lucidité |url=https://www.ledevoir.com/lire/567047/fiction-quebecoise-paige-cooper-a-la-frontiere-entre-paranoia-et-lucidite |access-date=2022-03-16 |website=Le Devoir |language=fr}}</ref> The French translation was shortlisted for Le Prix de Traduction de la Fondation Cole in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Le Prix de traduction de la Fondation Cole / The Cole Foundation Prize for Translation – Quebec Writers' Federation |url=https://qwf.org/prize/le-prix-de-traduction-de-la-fondation-cole-the-cole-foundation-prize-for-translation/ |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=qwf.org}}</ref>
The collection derives its title from Zolitūde, an apartment block in Riga, Latvia where a major shopping centre underwent a roof collapse in 2013.<ref>[https://quillandquire.com/review/zolitude/ "Zolitude, by Paige Cooper"]. ''Quill & Quire'', January 2018.</ref> The book's stories have been described as speculative fiction.<ref name=chicago>[https://chireviewofbooks.com/2018/05/03/zolitude-paige-cooper-review/ "'Zolitude' Is the Speculative Debut of the Year So Far"]. ''Chicago Review of Books'', May 3, 2018.</ref>
Her short stories have also appeared in ''The Fiddlehead'', ''West Branch'', ''Michigan Quarterly Review'', ''Gulf Coast Online'', ''Canadian Notes & Queries'', ''The New Quarterly'' and the Journey Prize anthology.<ref name=chicago/>
In 2019, Paige was voted 3rd best living author in Montreal.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-05-07 |title=Best of MTL 2019: Film & Arts |url=https://cultmtl.com/2019/05/best-of-mtl-2019-film-arts/ |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=Cult MTL |language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2020, she edited a collection of short stories, ''Best Canadian Stories 2020.''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cooper |first=Paige |title="All of the Pieces are Aware of and Concerned With the Unknowable": Paige Cooper on Taking Up the Best Canadian Stories Mantle |url=https://open-book.ca/News/All-of-the-Pieces-are-Aware-of-and-Concerned-With-the-Unknowable-Paige-Cooper-on-Taking-Up-the-Best-Canadian-Stories-Mantle |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=open-book.ca |language=en}}</ref>
==Bibliography== *''Zolitude'' (2018) *''Best Canadian Stories'', Editor (2020)
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