Avner Mandelman

Israeli-Canadian businessman and writer

Avner Mandelman
Occupation	writer
Nationality	Canadian
Period	2000s-present
Notable works	The Debba
Notable awards	Sophie Brody Award (2006)

Avner Mandelman is an Israeli-Canadian businessman and writer. His debut novel The Debba, published in 2010, won the 2011 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel,^[1] and was a longlisted nominee for the 2010 Scotiabank Giller Prize.^[2]

A former hedge fund manager in Toronto, Ontario,^[3] Mandelman has also published two short story collections and the investment guide The Sleuth Investor.^[3] His short story collection Talking to the Enemy won the first Sophie Brody Award for outstanding achievement in Jewish literature from the American Library Association in 2006.^[4] Talking to the Enemy, containing stories featured in The Best American Short Stories and Pushcart Prize Stories, was recognized as a Best Book of 2005 by Kirkus Reviews and won the J. I. Segal Award for Fiction in 2000.

Works

Talking to the Enemy (1998, ISBN 978-1583227299)
Cuckoo (2004, ISBN 978-0778012382)
The Sleuth Investor (2007, ISBN 978-0071481854)
The Debba (2010, ISBN 978-1590513705)
The Advanced Sleuth Investor (2023, ISBN 978-1738804429)
The Undertaker's Daughter (2023, ISBN 978-1738804450)

References

^ "Penny, Cameron win Arthur Ellis Awards". The Globe and Mail, June 4, 2011.
^ "Giller longlist announced". Vancouver Sun, September 21, 2010.
^ ^a ^b "When assessing a company, check the sparkplugs". The Globe and Mail, July 31, 2010.
^ "Avner Mandelman receives first Sophie Brody Medal for outstanding achievement in Jewish literature". American Library Association, January 24, 2006.