Andrew Battershill

{{short description|Canadian writer|bot=PearBOT 5}}

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| occupation = Novelist

| period = 2010s–present

| nationality = Canadian

| spouse = Suzannah Showler

| awards = ReLit Award (2019)

| relatives = Claire Battershill (sibling)

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Andrew Battershill is a Canadian writer[http://news.nationalpost.com/arts/books/crimes-against-surrealism-pillow-by-andrew-battershill-reviewed "Crimes against Surrealism: Pillow, by Andrew Battershill, reviewed"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709111753/https://nationalpost.com/category/news/ |date=2023-07-09 }}. National Post, November 5, 2015. who cofounded the online literary magazine Dragnet Magazine with Jeremy Hanson-Finger.[http://www.openbooktoronto.com/news/dragnet_magazine_seriously_funny "Dragnet Magazine: Seriously Funny"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810070138/http://openbooktoronto.com/news/dragnet_magazine_seriously_funny|date=2016-08-10}}. Open Book Toronto, December 2, 2011.

In 2016, his debut novel, Pillow, was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize{{Cite news |last=Medley |first=Mark |date=2016-09-07 |title=Emma Donoghue, Mona Awad among 12 Giller Prize nominees |language=en-CA |work=The Globe and Mail |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/giller-prize-long-list-announced/article31725944/ |access-date=2023-07-09 |archive-date=2022-11-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221103064331/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/giller-prize-long-list-announced/article31725944/ |url-status=live }} and the Sunburst Award,{{Cite web |last=Robertson |first=Becky |date=2016-06-08 |title=Awards: Atwood, Alexis, O'Neill among Sunburst nominees |url=https://quillandquire.com/awards/2016/06/08/awards-3/ |access-date=2023-07-09 |website=Quill and Quire |language=en |archive-date=2022-11-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129190441/https://quillandquire.com/awards/2016/06/08/awards-3/ |url-status=live }} and a finalist for the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize{{Cite web |title=Second Annual Kobo Emerging Writer Prize Winners Announced |url=https://www.kobo.com/news/second-annual-kobo-emerging-writer-prize-winners-announced |access-date=2023-07-09 |website=Kobo Books |language=en |archive-date=2021-10-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211017200238/https://www.kobo.com/news/second-annual-kobo-emerging-writer-prize-winners-announced |url-status=live }} in 2016.

His second novel, Marry, Bang, Kill, won the 2019 ReLit Award for fiction.{{Cite web |date=2021-04-16 |title=Andrew Battershill, Robin Richardson & Barry Callaghan win 2019 ReLit Awards |url=https://www.cbc.ca/books/andrew-battershill-robin-richardson-barry-callaghan-win-2019-relit-awards-1.5990846 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408042037/https://www.cbc.ca/books/andrew-battershill-robin-richardson-barry-callaghan-win-2019-relit-awards-1.5990846 |archive-date=2023-04-08 |access-date=2023-07-06 |website=CBC Books}}

Originally from British Columbia, Battershills studied creative writing at the University of Toronto and served as the 2017-2018 Writer-in-Residence at the Regina Public Library. He is the brother of writer Claire Battershill.