About Sarah Bernstein
Born 1987. Sarah Bernstein is a Canadian writer, university teacher, literary scholar and poet.
Sarah Bernstein (born April 23, 1987) is a Canadian writer and scholar. She was born in Montreal, Quebec, and now lives in Scotland where she teaches literature and creative writing. She has taught at the universities of Sheffield, Edinburgh and Strathclyde.
Her collection of prose poems Now Comes the Lightning appeared in 2015 and was shortlisted for the Robert Kroetsch Award for Innovative Writing. Her debut novel The Coming Bad Days was published in 2021. Her next novel, Study for Obedience, was shortlisted for the 2023 Booker Prize and won the 2023 Giller Prize.
In 2023, Bernstein was named by Granta as one of their twenty Best of Young British Novelists.
Awards Year Title Award Category Result Ref.2023Study for Obedience Booker Prize — 2025 International Dublin Literary Award —
Works Novels The Coming Bad Days (2021) Study for Obedience (2023)
Poetry Now Comes the Lightning (2015)
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Canadian writer and scholar
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Sarah Bernstein was born on 23 April 1987 in Montreal.
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