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Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Carol Shields Information
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Carol Ann Shields (née Warner),BA, MA, CC , OM , D.Litt. , LL.D , FRSC (June 2, 1935 – July 16, 2003) was an American-born Canadian author. She is best known for her 1993 novel The Stone Diaries, which won the U.S. Pulitzer Prize for Fiction as...


News and Journals
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The Independent - London
Passport: Carol Shields
09/14/1997: 446 words, approx. 2 pages
Novelist Carol Shields has both US and Canadian passports. Born in the United States, she became a Canadian citizen when she married and moved to Canada at the age of 22. She says: "I carry both passports, and mostly use the Canadian one. But...
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The Washington Post
Carol Shields, Acclaimed Novelist, Dies
07/18/2003: 672 words, approx. 2 pages
Carol Shields, 68, whose empathetic and witty novels about the lives of ordinary people included the Pulitzer Prize-winning "The Stone Diaries," died July 16 at her home in Victoria, B.C. She had breast cancer. A native of Illinois who had lived in Canada...
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AP News
Young Nigerian wins British book award
6/6/2007: 281 words, approx. 1 pages
Nigeria's Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie won Britain's Orange Prize for fiction by women, becoming the first African to take the award in its 12-year history, organizers said Wednesday.Adichie, 29, also the youngest author to have won the prize, was awarded for novel "Half of a Yellow...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Interview by Carol Shields with Harvey De Roo
7,053 words, approx. 24 pages
In the following interview, Shields discusses genre, form, and her writing process as they relate to several of her works.
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Critical Review by Joyce Carol Oates
6,015 words, approx. 20 pages
In the following review, Oates discusses Shields's Dressing Up for the Carnival along with several other recent story collections by various authors. Oates comments that Shields's stories are intelligent, provocative, and entertaining.
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Critical Essay by Eleanor Wachtel
4,713 words, approx. 16 pages
In the following essay, Wachtel provides an overview of Shields's life and career.
 


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