Maria Mutch

{{short description|Canadian writer}}

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| name = Maria Mutch

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| birth_place = Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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| occupation = memoirist, short stories

| period = 2000s–present

| nationality = Canadian

| notableworks = Know the Night: A Memoir of Survival in the Small Hours

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| education = York University

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Maria Mutch is a Canadian writer, whose memoir Know the Night: A Memoir of Survival in the Small Hours was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction at the 2014 Governor General's Awards.[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/governor-general-finalists-unveiled/article20959928/ "Governor-General Literary Awards finalists unveiled"]. The Globe and Mail, October 7, 2014.

Originally from Kentville, Nova Scotia,[http://www.kingscountynews.ca/Living/2014-10-07/article-3895660/Maria-Mutch-nominated-for-GG/1 "Kentville author nominated for Governor General's Literary Awards"]. Kings County Register, October 7, 2014. Mutch was educated at York University.[http://yfile.news.yorku.ca/2014/10/07/grad-maria-mutch-named-finalist-for-2014-gg-literary-award-for-non-fiction/ "Grad Maria Mutch named finalist for 2014 GG Literary Award for Non-Fiction"]. YFile, October 7, 2014. She published Know the Night as a memoir of her experience as the mother of a son with autism.[http://o.canada.com/health/family-child/know-the-night-author-maria-mutch-explores-the-mysteries-of-autism "Know the Night: Author Maria Mutch explores the mysteries of autism"]. canada.com, April 17, 2014.

Mutch currently lives in Rhode Island. She has also published essays and short fiction in both Canadian and American literary magazines. Her first novel, Molly Falls to Earth, was published in 2020.[https://www.cbc.ca/books/47-works-of-canadian-fiction-to-watch-for-in-spring-2020-1.5426273 "47 works of Canadian fiction to watch for in spring 2020"]. CBC Books, February 5, 2020.