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Erica McKeen is a Canadian author. Her debut novel, Tear, won the 2023 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize for Fiction.^[1] Cicada Summer, her second book, was longlisted for the 2025 Carol Shield Prize for Fiction.^[2] Her short stories have appeared in The Dalhousie Review and PRISM International.^[1]

McKeen was born in London, Ontario^[3]^[4] and is currently based in Vancouver.^[1]

In 2021, McKeen was a finalist for the Malahat Review Open Season Fiction Award^[5] and her work has also been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and the Guernica Prize.^[3]

Tear, McKeen's debut novel, was published in September 2022 by Invisible Publishing. It was named one of the best books of 2022 by The Globe and Mail^[6] and won the 2023 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize.^[1]

Her second novel, Cicada Summer was published in 2024 by W.W. Norton.^[7] The novel takes place during the COVID-19 pandemic and follows Husha, who moves in with her grandfather and her lover in a remote cabin, following her mother's suicide.^[7]

References

1 2 3 4 Raymundo, Bridget (2023-06-28). "Erica McKeen, Harrison Mooney and K.S. Covert win $10K Kobo Emerging Writer Prizes". CBC. Retrieved 2025-07-23.
↑ "Longlist announced for $150K Carol Shields Prize for Fiction - Quill and Quire". Quill and Quire - Canada's magazine of book news and reviews. 2025-03-06. Retrieved 2025-07-23.
1 2 "Cicada Summer by Erica McKeen". CBC. 2024-10-30. Archived from the original on 2024-10-31. Retrieved 2025-07-23.
↑ "Erica McKeen · Invisible Publishing". Invisible Publishing. Retrieved 2025-07-23.
↑ "The Malahat Review". The Malahat Review. Archived from the original on 2024-10-08. Retrieved 2025-07-23.
↑ "The Globe 100: The best books of 2022". The Globe and Mail. 2022-12-02. Archived from the original on 2022-12-05. Retrieved 2025-07-23.
1 2 "Cicada Summer - Quill and Quire". Quill and Quire - Canada's magazine of book news and reviews. 2024-06-19. Retrieved 2025-07-23.

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