Sheena Kamal | |
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Born | Trinidad |
Occupation | Novelist |
Nationality | Canadian |
Alma mater | University of Toronto |
Genre | Thriller, young adult fiction |
Years active | 2010s–present |
Notable works | The Lost Ones (2017) |
Notable awards | Macavity Award for best first novel, 2018 |
Website | |
www |
Sheena Kamal is a Canadian novelist. Her works include thrillers and young adult fiction.
Kamal moved to Canada from Trinidad at age 6. [1] [2] She received a degree in political science from the University of Toronto and worked in the film industry before beginning a career as a novelist. [1]
As of September 2020 [update], Kamal has published three novels that center on Nora Watts: The Lost Ones (2017), It All Falls Down (2018), and No Going Back (2020). [3] [4] Watts, a crime investigator, is half- Indigenous and half- Palestinian and lives in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. [5] [6] [7]
The Lost Ones (2017) is a thriller set in Vancouver. [5] Kamal developed the concept for the novel while working as a staffer on Shoot the Messenger. [8]
Roxane Gay praised The Lost Ones on her Goodreads account and Jael Richardson selected it as a recommended title on CBC Radio's q books program. [9] [10] The novel won 2018's Macavity Award for best first novel and the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize for Mystery. [11]
Kamal's first book for young readers is Fight Like a Girl (2020). [1] The novel centers on Trisha, a teenager who practices Muay Thai, whose father dies in a car accident. [12] [13] Novelist Jennifer Hillier recommended the work in Ms., noting that "I would buy this book based on the title alone". [14]
Like the main character of Fight Like a Girl, Kamal practises Muay Thai. [1]
Sheena Kamal | |
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Born | Trinidad |
Occupation | Novelist |
Nationality | Canadian |
Alma mater | University of Toronto |
Genre | Thriller, young adult fiction |
Years active | 2010s–present |
Notable works | The Lost Ones (2017) |
Notable awards | Macavity Award for best first novel, 2018 |
Website | |
www |
Sheena Kamal is a Canadian novelist. Her works include thrillers and young adult fiction.
Kamal moved to Canada from Trinidad at age 6. [1] [2] She received a degree in political science from the University of Toronto and worked in the film industry before beginning a career as a novelist. [1]
As of September 2020 [update], Kamal has published three novels that center on Nora Watts: The Lost Ones (2017), It All Falls Down (2018), and No Going Back (2020). [3] [4] Watts, a crime investigator, is half- Indigenous and half- Palestinian and lives in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. [5] [6] [7]
The Lost Ones (2017) is a thriller set in Vancouver. [5] Kamal developed the concept for the novel while working as a staffer on Shoot the Messenger. [8]
Roxane Gay praised The Lost Ones on her Goodreads account and Jael Richardson selected it as a recommended title on CBC Radio's q books program. [9] [10] The novel won 2018's Macavity Award for best first novel and the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize for Mystery. [11]
Kamal's first book for young readers is Fight Like a Girl (2020). [1] The novel centers on Trisha, a teenager who practices Muay Thai, whose father dies in a car accident. [12] [13] Novelist Jennifer Hillier recommended the work in Ms., noting that "I would buy this book based on the title alone". [14]
Like the main character of Fight Like a Girl, Kamal practises Muay Thai. [1]