Cedar Bowers

{{Short description|Canadian writer}}

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| birth_place = Galiano Island, British Columbia

| occupation = Writer

| period = 2020s-present

| nationality = Canadian

| notableworks = Astra

| spouse = Michael Christie

| website = {{URL|https://www.cedarbowers.com/}}

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Cedar Bowers is a Canadian writer, whose debut novel Astra was longlisted for the 2021 Giller Prize.Craig Takeuchi, [https://www.straight.com/arts/three-bc-authors-make-scotiabank-giller-prize-2021-longlist-including-vancouvers-rachel-rose "Three B.C. authors make Scotiabank Giller Prize 2021 longlist, including Vancouver's Rachel Rose"]. The Georgia Straight, September 10, 2021. The novel traces the life from childhood through middle age of Astra, a woman who grew up on an agricultural commune in British Columbia, through the third-person perspectives of various other figures in her life.José Teodoro, [https://quillandquire.com/review/astra/ "Astra, by Cedar Bowers"]. Quill & Quire, June 2021.

In addition to Astra, Bowers has published short stories in various literary magazines.

Bowers lives in Galiano Island and Victoria, British Columbia, with her husband, writer Michael Christie.Mike Devlin, [https://www.timescolonist.com/entertainment/galiano-island-spurs-author-michael-christie-s-imagination-1.23975591 "Galiano Island spurs author Michael Christie’s imagination"]. Victoria Times-Colonist, October 13, 2019.