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Madeleine Thien

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January 01, 1974 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Madeleine Thien is a Canadian short story writer and novelist.

She was educated at Simon Fraser University and the University of British Columbia. In 2001 Madeleine was awarded the Canadian Authors Association Air Canada Award for most promising writer under age 30.

Thien's first book, Simple Recipes (2001), a collection of short stories, received the City of Vancouver Book Award, the VanCity Book Prize and the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize. Her novel, "Certainty," has been published internationally. It won the Amazon.com / Books in Canada First Novel Award and was a finalist for the Kiriyama Prize.

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Average rating: 3.62 · 217 ratings · 50 reviews · 9 distinct works

	Certainty 3.43 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 2006 — 16 editions	My rating:
	Dogs at the Perimeter 3.87 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Simple Recipes 3.67 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2001 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Chinese Violin by Madeleine Thien, Joe Chang (Illustrator) 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2001	My rating:
	Certainty: A Novel 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	Certainty: A Novel 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
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