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Amanda Peters is a Mi'kmaw writer from Falmouth, Nova Scotia,[1] whose debut novel The Berry Pickers was the winner of the 2024 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction,[2] 2023 Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award,[3] 2024 Crime Writers of Canada Award of Excellence,[4] and 2024 Dartmouth Book Award for Fiction.[5]

Life

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Of mixed Mi'kmaw and European heritage, Peters was born and raised in the Annapolis Valley region of Nova Scotia as a member of the Glooscap First Nation.[6]

Writing

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The Berry Pickers centres on a young Mi'kmaw girl who goes missing in Maine, depicting the event's lifelong effects on both her birth family and the girl herself, who grows up as the child of a white family with no knowledge of her origins.[7] The novel was published in early 2023 by Harper Perennial.[6] In addition to its Carnegie Medal win, the book was shortlisted for the 2023 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, the 2024 Amazon.ca First Novel Award, the 2024 Thomas Head Raddall Award, and the Margaret and John Savage First Book Award for Fiction.[8][9][10]

She was nominated for an Indigenous Voices Award in the Unpublished English Prose category in 2019 for her short story "Pejipug (Winter Arrives)", and won in the same category in 2021 for her debut short story collection Waiting for the Long Night Moon.[11][12] Waiting for the Long Night Moon, was published on August 13, 2024.[13] Stories in this collection are in inspired by Peters' own background and deal with themes of grief and resilience.[14][15]

Awards

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YearWorkAwardCategoryResultRef
2021 Waiting for the Long Night Moon Indigenous Voices Award Unpublished Prose in English Won [16]
2023 The Berry Pickers Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize—Shortlisted[8]
Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award—Won[3]
2024 Amazon.ca First Novel Award—Shortlisted[9]
Andrew Carnegie Medal for ExcellenceFictionWon[2]
Crime Writers of Canada Award of ExcellenceFirst NovelWon[4]
Atlantic Book AwardsDartmouth Book Award for FictionWon[5]
Margaret and John Savage First Book Award for FictionShortlisted[10]
Thomas Head Raddall Award for FictionShortlisted

Publications

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Novels

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  • —— (2023). The Berry Pickers. Catapult Books. ISBN 9781646221950.
  • —— (2026). The Birthing Tree. Harper Perennial. ISBN 9781443476706.

Short story collections

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References

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  1. ↑ Gowralli, Maryam (July 26, 2022). "An Interview with Amanda Peters". filling Station. Retrieved August 30, 2026.
  2. 1 2 Italie, Hillel (January 20, 2024). "Roxanna Asgarian's 'We Were Once a Family' and Amanda Peters' 'The Berry Pickers' win library medals". Airdrie City View. Retrieved August 30, 2026.
  3. 1 2 Merlene, Kate (October 31, 2023). "'The Berry Pickers' by Amanda Peters Wins Barnes and Noble Discover Prize | Book Pulse". Library Journal. Retrieved August 30, 2026.
  4. 1 2 "CRIME WRITERS OF CANADA ANNOUNCES THE 2024 AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE WINNERS". Crime Writers of Canada. May 29, 2024. Retrieved August 30, 2026.
  5. 1 2 Drudi, Cassandra (June 5, 2024). "Amanda Peters, Karen Pinchin among 2024 Nova Scotia Book Awards winners". Quill and Quire. Retrieved August 30, 2026.
  6. 1 2 Malloy, Jason (April 4, 2023). "Falmouth, N.S., resident Amanda Peters ready to release debut novel, The Berry Pickers". PNI Atlantic News.
  7. ↑ "THE BERRY PICKERS". Kirkus Reviews. August 26, 2023.
  8. 1 2 Drudi, Cassandra (September 27, 2023). "Three debut novels among finalists for 2023 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize". Quill and Quire. Retrieved August 30, 2026.
  9. 1 2 Drudi, Cassandra (May 9, 2024). "2024 Amazon First Novel Award shortlist revealed". Quill and Quire. Retrieved August 30, 2026.
  10. 1 2 Drudi, Cassandra (April 15, 2024). "Finalists for Nova Scotia Book Awards and Atlantic Book Awards announced". Quill and Quire. Retrieved August 30, 2026.
  11. ↑ "Amanda Peters". Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ↑ "Congratulations on the publication of WAITING FOR THE LONG NIGHT MOON by bestselling and award-winning author Amanda Peters!". Transatlantic Agency. August 13, 2024. Retrieved August 30, 2026.
  13. ↑ Mitchell, Elizabeth (March 31, 2023). "'The Berry Pickers' Examines Hope's Joy and Pain After a Little Girl's Disappearance". Zoomer. Retrieved May 11, 2026.
  14. ↑ "Amanda Peters' new story collection reflects on legacies of trauma and resilience — read an excerpt now". CBC Books. April 3, 2024.
  15. ↑ Webb-Campbell, Shannon (August 20, 2024). "Mi'kmaw writer Amanda Peters is Waiting for the Long Night Moon". Muskrat Magazine.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. ↑ Qiao, Vicky (June 22, 2021). "Nathan Adler, Bevann Fox and jaye simpson among winners for 2021 Indigenous Voices Awards". CBC Books.
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