Carol Shields

Born Carol Warner, June 2, 1935, in Oak Park, Illinois. Died July 16, 2003 in Vancouver; daughter of Robert E. and Inez (Selgren) Warner; married Donald Shields, July 20, 1957; children: four daughters and one son. Education: Hanover College, B.A., 1957; University of Ottawa, M.A., 1975.
Career
Editorial assistant, Canadian Slavonic Papers, Ottawa, Ontario, 1972-74; freelance writer since 1974; first book of poems, Others, published, 1972; first criticism, Susanna Moodie: Voices and Vision, published, 1976; first novel, Small Ceremonies, published, 1976; first volume of short stories, Various Miracles, published, 1985; most noted work, The Stone Diaries (novel), published, 1993; teaches creative writing at the University of Manitoba part-time.
Selected awards: CBC Young Writers Contest, 1965; Canadian Authors Association Fiction Prize, 1976; CBC Drama Prize, 1983; National Magazine Award, 1985; Arthur Ellis Award, 1987; Marian Engel Award, 1990; Governor General's Award for Literature, English Language Fiction, 1994, for The Stone Diaries; National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, 1994, for The Stone Diaries; Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1995, for The Stone Diaries.