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Casey Plett (born June 20, 1987) is a Canadian writer, best known for her novel Little Fish, her Lambda Literary Award winning short story collection, A Safe Girl to Love, and her Giller Prize-nominated short story collection, A Dream of a Woman. Plett is a transgender woman, and she often centers this experience in her writing.
Casey Plett | |
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| Born | June 20, 1987[1] Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Period | 2010-present |
| Notable works | A Safe Girl to Love, Little Fish, A Dream of a Woman |
| Website | |
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Plett was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and grew up in a Mennonite family in Morden, Manitoba.[2][3] She attended high school in Eugene, Oregon, and later moved to Portland for college and New York for graduate school.[2] She has lived in Windsor, Ontario.[4] Plett currently teaches at Ohio University.[5][6]
Plett previously wrote a regular column about her gender transition for McSweeney's Internet Tendency.[7] She is a book reviewer for the Winnipeg Free Press[7] and has published work in Rookie, Plenitude, The Walrus, and Two Serious Ladies.[8]
In addition to her work as an author she is the co-editor with Cat Fitzpatrick of Meanwhile, Elsewhere: Science Fiction and Fantasy from Transgender Writers, an anthology of speculative fiction from transgender authors from Topside Press.[9] Meanwhile, Elsewhere received a Stonewall Book Award in 2018.[10] After Topside was disbanded, Plett and Fitzpatrick co-founded LittlePuss Press, done initially to continue the printing of Meanwhile, Elsewhere. Afterwards, they published Faltas, which was the recipient of the 2023 Stonewall Award in the nonfiction category.[11]
She has cited Imogen Binnie, Elena Rose, and Julia Serano as some of her influences.[8]
Her 2014 short story collection A Safe Girl to Love was reprinted by Arsenal Pulp Press with a new afterword from the author in 2023.[12]
Her short story collection, A Dream of a Woman, was longlisted for the 2021 Giller Prize.[13] Plett then served on the Giller Prize jury in 2022.[14]
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| Work | Awards | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Safe Girl to Love | Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Fiction | Won | [15] |
| Dayne Oglivie Prize | Nominated | [16][17] | |
| Meanwhile, Elsewhere | Stonewall Book Award: Barbara Gittings Literature Award | Won | [10] |
| Little Fish | Amazon.ca First Novel Award | Won | [18] |
| Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Fiction | Won | [19] | |
| A Dream of a Woman | Giller Prize | Longlisted | [20][13] |
| On Community | Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Nonfiction | Nominated | [21][22] |
Works by Plett include the following:
- Plett, Casey (2014). A Safe Girl to Love. Topside Press. ISBN 978-1627290050.
- Plett, Casey Plett; Fitzpatrick, Cat, eds. (2017). Meanwhile, Elsewhere: Science Fiction and Fantasy from Transgender Writers. Topside Press. ISBN 978-1627290180.
- Plett, Casey (2018). Little Fish. Arsenal Pulp Press. ISBN 978-1551527208.
- Plett, Casey (2021). A Dream of a Woman. Arsenal Pulp Press. ISBN 978-1551528564.
- Plett, Casey (2023). On Community. Biblioasis. ISBN 978-1771965774.
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