Calgary author Suzette Mayr wins $100,000 Giller Prize for The Sleeping Car Porter

Mayr beat out four authors for the honour and $100,000 prize with her story about Baxter, aSign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails. Postmedia Network Inc.

Mayr has described it as her background novel for nearly two decades, an ambitious period piece that delves into racism and homophobia and required years of deep research. It is her sixth novel. The Giller jurors praised Mayr for rendering a work of historical fiction “alive and immediate — and eerily contemporary.

The awards ceremony at the Four Seasons Hotel in Toronto was hosted by poet Rupi Kaur and actor Sarah Gadon.

to win the honour. Calgary-born Esi Edugyan has won twice, first for her 2011 novel Half-Blood Blues and again in 2018 for Washington Black. Calgary’s Will Ferguson won the award in 2012 for his novel 419.

Bravo. 😏 It’s fiction.

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