Sheila Murray

[1] Her debut novel Finding Edward was published in 2022, and was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 2022 Governor General's Awards.

[2] Finding Edward centres on Cyril Rowntree, a young mixed-race man from Jamaica who moves to Toronto as an international student, and connects with Edward Davina, an isolated elderly man whose life followed a similar path.

[5] Murray was born in St Albans, England, and emigrated to Canada with her family as a teenager.

[1] She is based in Hamilton, Ontario, where she coordinates a climate change activist project.

[1] She has also published short fiction in various Canadian literary magazines.