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Manitoba, Canada

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My fourth novel, Five Wives, is a fictional dive into an real event that astonished me. It recently won the 2019 Governor General's Award for Fiction.
My previous books have been nominated for the ScotiaBank Giller Prize, the Governor General's Award, and the IMPAC International Dublin Literary Award. I live in Winnipeg. You can visit me at joanthomas.ca. ...more

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	Five Wives 3.58 avg rating — 1,684 ratings — published 2019 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Curiosity 3.66 avg rating — 427 ratings — published 2010 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Opening Sky 3.40 avg rating — 237 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reading by Lightning 3.38 avg rating — 213 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Journey Prize Stories 22: The Best of Canada's New Writers by Pasha Malla (Compiler), Alissa York (Compiler), Joan Thomas (Goodreads Author) (Co-Editor) 3.96 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The poor love life as passionately as the rich do. Perhaps more, for the effort it takes to cling to it.”
― Joan Thomas, Curiosity

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The Giller Prize long list is out. Which book do you think most deserves to be on the shortlist? The poll will close on October 4th, the day before the shortlist is released.

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This Cake is for the Party: Stories by Sarah Selecky

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The Sentimentalists by Johanna Shively Skibsrud

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Lemon by Cordelia Strube

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Curiosity by Joan Thomas

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Sanctuary Line by Jane Urquhart

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