Catherine Hernandez
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Catherine Hernandez is a Canadian writer[1] whose debut novel Scarborough was a shortlisted finalist for the 2017 Toronto Book Awards[2] and the 2018 Edmund White Award.[3]
She has also written the plays The Femme Playlist, Singkil, Eating with Lola, Kilt Pins and Future Folk, and the children's book M for Mustache: A Pride ABC.[4] She was the artistic director of the Sulong and b_current theatre companies in Toronto.[5]
Hernandez is queer[6] and of mixed Filipino, Chinese, Spanish, and Indian descent.[7]
Her second novel, Crosshairs, was published in 2020.[8]
Scarborough was adapted by Shasha Nakhai and Rich Williamson into the film Scarborough,[9] which premiered at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival.[10] Hernandez won Best Adapted Screenplay at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards.[11] The novel was subsequently selected for the 2022 edition of Canada Reads, where it was defended by Malia Baker.[12]
Hernandez's 2024 novel Behind You made the longlist for the International Dublin Literary Award in 2025.[13]
