Scotiabank Giller Prize, 2011, Short-listed, The Antagonist.

Amazon.ca Best Books: Editors' Pick, 2011, Commended, The Antagonist.

Amazon.ca Best Books: Canadian Fiction, 2011, Commended, The Antagonist.

Globe and Mail Top 100 Book, 2011, Commended, The Antagonist.

Toronto Star Reviewers' Top 100 Books, 2011, Commended, The Antagonist.

Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction, 2012, Winner, The Antagonist.

Lynn Coady is the author of the bestselling novel The Antagonist, which was a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, as well as the novels Mean Boy, Saints of Big Harbour, and Strange Heaven and the short story collection Play the Monster Blind. She has been shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award and the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour, and has four times made the Globe and Mail’s annual list of Top 100 Books. Originally from Cape Breton, she now lives in Edmonton, Alberta, where she is a founding and senior editor of the award-winning magazine Eighteen Bridges.