[1] After high school, she attended Carleton University in Ottawa; after graduating, she moved to New Brunswick, where she worked at odd jobs for several years and began a career as a playwright.

[2] The novel is set in Nova Scotia, giving Coady the opportunity to paint a different picture of her home province.

Strange Heaven touches on the life of Bridget Murphy who has been admitted to a psychiatric ward after birthing a child who was put up for adoption.

He was drawn away from his rural Prince Edward Island home by the allure of studying with his poet hero, Jim Arsenault.

The reader is brought into Rank's world and exposed to his hurts, joys, and ultimately the realization that one must narrate their own lives and reject the labels others may try to give you.

[9] Coady's 2013 book, Hellgoing is a collection of short stories, each about characters going through their own personal versions of hell.