Kerry Lee Powell

Canadian writer

Kerry Lee Powell
Born	Montreal, Quebec
Occupation	Poet, short story writer
Nationality	Canadian
Period	2010s–present
Notable works	Inheritance, Willem de Kooning's Paintbrush

Kerry Lee Powell is a Canadian writer, whose debut short story collection Willem de Kooning's Paintbrush was a longlisted nominee for the Scotiabank Giller Prize,^[1] and a shortlisted nominee for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize^[2] and the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction,^[3] in 2016.

Originally from Montreal, Quebec, she is currently based in Moncton, New Brunswick.^[1] She has also published the poetry collections Inheritance and The Wreckage, and was a shortlisted Gerald Lampert Award finalist in 2015 for Inheritance.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "Kerry Lee Powell, Michael Helm among Writers' Trust Fiction Prize finalists". Winnipeg Free Press, September 21, 2016.
^ "Two debut novelists among this year's Writers' Trust nominees". The Globe and Mail, September 21, 2016.
^ "Governor-General's Literary Award short list a serious case of déjà vu". The Globe and Mail, October 4, 2016.
^ "Review: Kerry Lee Powell's Willem de Kooning's Paintbrush and Laura Trunkey's Double Dutch deliver the unexpected". The Globe and Mail, April 22, 2016.