Sheila Murray

{{Short description|Canadian writer}}

Sheila Murray is a Canadian writer.[https://open-book.ca/News/Histories-That-are-Buried-Beneath-the-Mainstream-Sheila-Murray-on-Telling-the-Stories-of-Two-Mixed-Race-Men-in-Her-New-Novel {{"'}}Histories That are Buried Beneath the Mainstream' Sheila Murray on Telling the Stories of Two Mixed Race Men in Her New Novel"]. Open Book, July 29, 2022. Her debut novel Finding Edward was published in 2022, and was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 2022 Governor General's Awards.[https://www.cbc.ca/books/the-finalists-for-the-2022-governor-general-s-literary-award-for-fiction-1.6612912 "The finalists for the 2022 Governor General's Literary Award for fiction"]. CBC Books, October 12, 2022.

Finding Edward centres on Cyril Rowntree, a young mixed-race man from Jamaica who moves to Toronto as an international student, and connects with Edward Davina, an isolated elderly man whose life followed a similar path.Whitney French, [https://quillandquire.com/review/finding-edward/ "Finding Edward, by Sheila Murray"]. Quill & Quire, June 2022. It was published in July 2022 by Cormorant Books.Michael Schaub, [https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/sheila-murray-finding-edward-comes-out-july-19/ "Shelia (sic) Murray’s ‘Finding Edward’ Comes Out July 19"]. Kirkus Reviews, July 10, 2022.

The novel was also a finalist for the 2023 Toronto Book Awards.[https://quillandquire.com/omni/shortlist-announced-for-2023-toronto-book-awards/ "Shortlist announced for 2023 Toronto Book Awards"]. Quill & Quire, September 5, 2023.