Claire Mulligan is a Canadian novelist and short story writer, whose debut novel The Reckoning of Boston Jim was a longlisted nominee for the Scotiabank Giller Prize in 2007,"Vancouver writers Novik and Mulligan make Giller longlist". The Province, September 18, 2007. and a shortlisted finalist for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize in 2008."B.C. Book Prize unveils its 2008 short lists". The Globe and Mail, March 7, 2008.
Her second novel, The Dark, was published in 2013."Book Review: The Dark, by Claire Mulligan". National Post, May 24, 2013. She has also published short stories in The Antigonish Review, Grain, The Tulane Review and Canadian Author.
Originally from Kelowna, British Columbia,"The book that changed my mind about historical fiction". Vancouver Sun, September 29, 2007. she currently resides on Vancouver Island, where she teaches in the continuing education program at Camosun College and is pursuing a master's degree in screenwriting at the University of Victoria.
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