Sharon Riis

{{Short description|Canadian writer}} {{Infobox writer | name = Sharon Riis | birth_name = | image = | birth_date = 1947 | birth_place = [[Longview, Alberta|Longview]], [[Alberta]] | death_date = May 20, 2016 | occupation = novelist, short stories, screenwriter | period = 1970s-2016 | nationality = Canadian | notableworks = ''The True Story of Ida Johnson'', ''[[Savage Messiah (2002 film)|Savage Messiah]]'' | spouse = | website = }}

'''Sharon Riis''' (1947 - May 20, 2016) was a Canadian novelist, short story writer and screenwriter.<ref name=scl>[http://journals.hil.unb.ca/index.php/scl/article/view/8137/9194 "Sharon Riis: The Reality Is the Present Tense"]. ''[[Studies in Canadian Literature]]'', Volume 16, Number 1 (1991).</ref>

She was nominated for the [[Amazon.ca First Novel Award|Books in Canada First Novel Award]] in 1976 for her [[debut novel]] ''The True Story of Ida Johnson'', published by Women's Press.<ref>George Melnyk, ''The Literary History of Alberta Volume Two: From the End of the War to the End of the Century''. [[University of Alberta Press]], 1999. {{ISBN|978-0888643247}}.</ref> Her second novel, ''Midnight Twilight Tourist Zone'', was published in 1989 by [[Douglas & McIntyre]].<ref name=scl /> Riis also published short stories in various Canadian literary magazines.

She won the [[Genie Award]] for [[Genie Award for Best Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]] at the [[23rd Genie Awards]] for ''[[Savage Messiah (2002 film)|Savage Messiah]]''.<ref>"Ararat wins best picture at annual Genie Awards". ''[[Guelph Mercury]]'', February 15, 2003.</ref> She was also nominated for [[Genie Award for Best Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] at the [[4th Genie Awards]] for ''[[Latitude 55°]]'', which she cowrote with [[John Juliani]],<ref>[[Jay Scott]], "Top Genie prospects for Jack Miner movie". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', February 10, 1983.</ref> and at the [[8th Genie Awards]] for ''[[Loyalties (1986 film)|Loyalties]]'', which she cowrote with [[Anne Wheeler]].<ref>John Allemang, "Arcand's Decline tops Genie nominations with 13". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', February 5, 1987.</ref>

In addition, she was a writer and [[story editor]] for the television series ''[[Bliss (Canadian TV series)|Bliss]]'' and ''[[Wapos Bay: The Series]]'', and wrote the [[television film]]s ''Change of Heart'' and ''[[The Wake (1986 film)|The Wake]]''.<ref name=scl />

Riis died on May 20, 2016.<ref>[https://thestarphoenix.remembering.ca/obituary/sharon-riis-1066565770 Sharon Riis obituary]. ''[[Saskatoon Star-Phoenix]]'', June 4, 2016.</ref>

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