Jessica Grant Author of Come, Thou Tortoise Bio Come, Thou Tortoise is Jessica Grant’s first novel. Her collection of short stories, Making Light of Tragedy, includes a story that won both the Western Magazine Award for Fiction and the Journey Prize. She lives in St. John’s. contact: jessicagrant@netscape.net Education PhD English 2003-2007 University of Calgary MA English 2002-2003 Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador Honours BA English 1991-1996 University of Toronto Awards The Writers’ Trust of Canada McClelland & Stewart 2003 Journey Prize (2004) Western Magazine Award for Fiction (2003) Publications Books: Come, Thou Tortoise. Toronto: Knopf, 2009. Come, Thou Tortoise. London: Old Street, 2009. Die erstaunlichen Talente der Audrey Flowers (Come, Thou Tortoise, German trans.). Goldman Manhattan (Random House Germany), 2010. Die erstaunlichen Talente der Audrey Flowers (Audio CD). Random House Audio, 2010. Making Light of Tragedy. Erin, Ontario: Porcupine’s Quill, 2004. Anthologized Stories: “Love in the Pneumatic Tube Era.” Forthcoming in Darwin’s Bastards: Astounding Tales from Tomorrow. Ed. Zsuzsi Gartner. Douglas & McIntyre, April 2010. “The Princification Process.” EarLit Shorts 3. Audio recording. St. John’s: Rattling Books, 2008. “My Husband’s Jump.” The Journey Prize Stories. 15th ed. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2003. 84-90. “My Husband’s Jump.” The Penguin Book of Contemporary Canadian Women’s Short Stories. Ed. Lisa Moore. Toronto: Penguin, 2006. 147-52. “Humanesque,” “Engineers,” and “The Loss of Thalia.” Coming Attractions 03. Ottawa: Oberon, 2003. 88-127. Reviews "Alice in Newfoundland throws a terrific tea party.” Globe & Mail, Mar 21, 2009: F13. Bigge, Ryan. “Odd debut novel from Jessica Grant is a fetching winner.” Toronto Star, March 22, 2009 Dutkiewicz, Jan. Quill & Quire, March 2009 Edugyan, Esi. “Tale of a Tortoise.” Literary Review of Canada, Sept 2009 Ellmann, Lucy. “Ladies of Lettuce.” The Guardian, July 4, 2009 Janes, Wayne. “Sitting on top shelf.” North Bay Nugget, Jan 8, 2010 “Review: Come thou tortoise.” Winnipeg Free Press, March 15, 2009 Richards, Linda L. “New this month: Come, thou tortoise.” January Magazine, Mar 31, 2009