Sheena Kamal
Canadian novelist
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Sheena Kamal is a Canadian novelist. Her works include thrillers and young adult fiction.
Sheena Kamal | |
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| Born | Trinidad |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto |
| Genre | Thriller, young adult fiction |
| Years active | 2010s–present |
| Notable works | The Lost Ones (2017) |
| Notable awards | Macavity Award for best first novel, 2018 |
| Website | |
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Early life and education
Writing
Nora Watts series
As of September 2020[update], Kamal has published three novels that center on Nora Watts: The Lost Ones (2017), It All Falls Down (2018), and No Going Back (2020).[3][4] Watts, a crime investigator, is half-Indigenous and half-Palestinian and lives in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.[5][6][7]
The Lost Ones (2017) is a thriller set in Vancouver.[5] Kamal developed the concept for the novel while working as a staffer on Shoot the Messenger.[8]
Roxane Gay praised The Lost Ones on her Goodreads account and Jael Richardson selected it as a recommended title on CBC Radio's q books program.[9][10] The novel won 2018's Macavity Award for best first novel and the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize for Mystery.[11]
Fight Like a Girl
Kamal's first book for young readers is Fight Like a Girl (2020).[1] The novel centers on Trisha, a teenager who practices Muay Thai, whose father dies in a car accident.[12][13] Novelist Jennifer Hillier recommended the work in Ms., noting that "I would buy this book based on the title alone".[14]
Personal life
Like the main character of Fight Like a Girl, Kamal practises Muay Thai.[1]
Works
- Kamal, Sheena (2017). The Lost Ones. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-256576-1. OCLC 995161969.
- Kamal, Sheena (2018). It All Falls Down. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-256577-8. OCLC 1041940269.
- Kamal, Sheena (2020). No Going Back. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-286978-4. OCLC 1150884557.
- Kamal, Sheena (2020). Fight Like a Girl. Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-7352-6556-1. OCLC 1107700313.
