About Nina Dunic
Nina Dunic was a Canadian journalist and writer.
Nina Dunic (born c.1983) is the pen name of Nina Dragicevic, a Canadian writer and journalist whose debut novel The Clarion was longlisted for the 2023 Giller Prize, and won the 2024 Trillium Book Award. A freelance journalist under her own name, she has been a two-time winner of the Toronto Stars annual short story contest.
Biography Dunic was born in Belgrade, Serbia, and brought to Toronto, Canada, as an infant. She spent her early years in the Toronto suburb of Scarborough
In 2026, her book Suddenly Light was longlisted for the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction, and the Trillium Book Award for English Prose. The book was also named An Apple Books Best Book of 2025 and A Necessary Fiction Best Book of 2025. CBC Books included Dunic on its 2023 List: Writers to Watch.
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