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Laurie Petrou is a Canadian author and professor. She won the Half the World Global Literati Award in 2016 for Sister of Mine.
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Petrou is an associate professor at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University) in the RTA School of Media.[1] She won the inaugural Half the World Global Literati Award in 2016 for her manuscript, Sister of Mine.[2] In 2017, HarperCollins acquired the Canadian rights to the manuscript.[3] Crooked Lane Books acquired U.S. rights 2018.[4] The book was published in 2018 and was Petrou's first novel. She had previously published Between, a collection of short stories.[5][6]
Petrou's novel, Stargazer, was released in 2022. That same year, it was optioned by the Canadian production company Nikki Ray Media Agency.[7][8]
Petrou lives in the Niagara region of Ontario.[9]
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