Sarah Bernstein (born April 23, 1987)[1] is a Canadian writer and scholar. She was born in Montreal, Quebec, and now lives in Scotland where she teaches literature and creative writing.[2] She has taught at the universities of Sheffield, Edinburgh and Strathclyde.[3]

Her collection of prose poems Now Comes the Lightning appeared in 2015 and was shortlisted for the Robert Kroetsch Award for Innovative Writing. Her debut novel The Coming Bad Days was published in 2021.[4] Her next novel, Study for Obedience, was shortlisted for the 2023 Booker Prize[5][6] and won the 2023 Giller Prize.[7]

In 2023, Bernstein was named by Granta as one of their twenty Best of Young British Novelists.[2]

Education

Bernstein earned a combined undergraduate degree in English and Creative Writing from Concordia University before pursuing a Master of Arts at the University of New Brunswick.[8]

Awards

Year Title Award Category Result Ref.
2023 Study for Obedience Booker Prize — Shortlisted [5][6]
Giller Prize — Won [7]
2024 Scotland's National Book Awards Fiction Book of the Year Shortlisted [9]
2025 International Dublin Literary Award — Longlisted [10]

Works

Novels

Poetry

  • Now Comes the Lightning (2015)

References

  1. ^ "Sarah Bernstein". The Booker Prize. 23 April 1987. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b "5 Canadian authors shortlisted for $100K Scotiabank Giller Prize". CBC Books. 11 October 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Sarah Bernstein". University of Strathclyde. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  4. ^ Lauren Elkin, "The Coming Bad Days by Sarah Bernstein review – a study in unknowability". The Guardian, June 3, 2021.
  5. ^ a b Anderson, Porter (21 September 2023). "In England: The Booker Prize for Fiction Names Its 2023 Shortlist". Publishing Perspectives. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Sarah Bernstein interview: 'The question of innocence is a complicated one' | The Booker Prizes". thebookerprizes.com. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  7. ^ a b "2023 Scotiabank Giller Prize awarded to Sarah Bernstein for novel Study for Obedience". The Globe and Mail. 13 November 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
  8. ^ "The Booker Prize, the Scottish Highlands and a love of writing". blogs.unb.ca. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  9. ^ "Sarah Bernstein, John Burnside and Jackie Kay shortlisted for Scotland's National Book Awards". The Bookseller. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  10. ^ IGO (14 January 2025). "Study For Obedience". Dublin Literary Award. Retrieved 28 January 2025.


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