Michelle Good
CBC Books | | Posted: August 23, 2021 6:09 PM | Last Updated: April 4, 2022
Author of Five Little Indians, championed by Christian Allaire
Canada Reads took place March 28-31, 2022 The debates were hosted by Ali Hassan and broadcast on CBC Radio One, CBC TV, CBC Gem and on CBC Books.
About Michelle Good
Michelle Good is a Cree writer and lawyer, as well as a member of Red Pheasant Cree Nation in Saskatchewan. Her first book, Five Little Indians, was on the shortlist for the 2020 Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, the longlist for the 2020 Scotiabank Giller Prize, and won the 2020 Governor General's Literary Award for fiction and the 2021 Amazon Canada First Novel Award.
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Books by Michelle Good
The Canada Reads 2022 contenders
- Christian Allaire champions Five Little Indians by Michelle Good
- Malia Baker champions Scarborough by Catherine Hernandez
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