Eliza Robertson

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| birth_place = Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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| alma_mater = University of Victoria
University of East Anglia

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| awards = Commonwealth Short Story Prize (2013)

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Eliza K. Robertson is a Canadian writer.{{cite news|title=Eliza Robertson on her new book, the best advice she's received and more|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/eliza-robertson-on-her-new-book-the-best-advice-shes-received-and-more/article20364839/|website=The Globe and Mail|date=5 September 2014 |access-date=18 October 2014}}

She studied creative writing and political science at the University of Victoria and graduated with an MA in creative writing from the University of East Anglia in 2012, where she is currently pursuing a PhD in Creative and Critical Writing.{{cite web|title=Creative Writing alumni P-R and published works|url=https://www.uea.ac.uk/literature/creative-writing/alumni/alumni-p-r|website=University of East Anglia}} Eliza was a joint winner of the 2013 Commonwealth Short Story Prize and has been longlisted twice for the prestigious Writers' Trust of Canada's Journey Prize.{{cite web|title=Contributors - Eliza Robertson|url=http://www.granta.com/Contributors/Eliza-Robertson|website=Granta|access-date=18 October 2014}} She was a Journey Prize finalist in 2013 for "My Sister Sang."{{cite web|title=Journey Prize finalists|url=http://www.writerstrust.com/Awards/Journey-Prize/Prize-History.aspx|website=Writers' Trust|access-date=16 December 2014}}

Robertson's first full-length novel, Demi-Gods, was released in 2017.{{cite web|last1=Hawley|first1=Alix|title=Review: Eliza Robertson's Demi-Gods is a poetic debut novel|url=https://theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/book-reviews/review-eliza-robertsons-demi-gods-is-a-poetic-debut-novel/article36208803/?ref=http://www.theglobeandmail.com&ref=http://www.theglobeandmail.com&|website=The Globe and Mail|publisher=Philip Crawley|access-date=29 September 2017|date=8 September 2017}}