Marjorie Celona is the author of two novels: Y (2012) and How a Woman Becomes a Lake (2020). Born and raised on Vancouver Island, they teach in the MFA program at the University of Oregon.
Discipline: Fiction/Nonfiction Writing
Based In: Eugene, OR
Year at Millay: 2019
Awards/Honors: Prize Winner, O. Henry Award, Penguin Random House (2018); Shortlist, First Novel Prize (Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize), The Center for Fiction, Brooklyn, NY (2013); Prize Winner, The Waterstones 11, Waterstones, London, England (2012); Finalist, Amazon.ca First Novel Award, Amazon.ca / "The Walrus," Toronto, Canada (2012); Longlist, Scotiabank Giller Prize, Giller Foundation, Toronto, Canada (2012); Award Winner, Short Fiction, RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers, Writers' Trust of Canada (2008).
Marjorie Celona is the author of two novels: Y (2012) and How a Woman Becomes a Lake (2020). Born and raised on Vancouver Island, they teach in the MFA program at the University of Oregon.