Casey Plett

Casey Plett (born June 20, 1987) is a Canadian writer.

Casey Plett
Born (1987-06-20) June 20, 1987[1]
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
OccupationWriter
NationalityCanadian
Period2010-present
Notable worksA Safe Girl to Love, Little Fish
PartnerSybil Lamb[2]
Website
caseyplett.wordpress.com

Life

Plett was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and grew up in a Mennonite family in Morden, Manitoba.[3][4] She attended high school in Eugene, Oregon and later moved to Portland for College and New York for graduate school.[3] She currently lives in Windsor, Ontario.[2]

Plett previously wrote a regular column about her gender transition for McSweeney's Internet Tendency.[5] She is a book reviewer for the Winnipeg Free Press[5] and has published work in Rookie, Plenitude, The Walrus, and Two Serious Ladies.[6]

In addition to her work as an author she is the co-editor with Cat Fitzpatrick of Meanwhile, Elsewhere: Science Fiction and Fantasy from Transgender Writers, an anthology of speculative fiction from trans authors from Topside Press.[7] Meanwhile, Elsewhere received a Stonewall Book Award in 2018.[8] She has cited Imogen Binnie, Elena Rose, and Julia Serano as some of her influences.[6]

Work
WorkAwards & Honours
A Safe Girl to Love. Topside Press. 2014. ISBN 978-1627290050. Lambda Literary Award,[9] Honour of Distinction from the Dayne Oglive Prize[10]
Co-editor, Meanwhile, Elsewhere: Science Fiction and Fantasy from Transgender Writers. Topside Press. 2017. ISBN 978-1627290180. Stonewall Book Award[8]
Little Fish. Arsenal Pulp Press. 2018. ISBN 978-1551527208. Amazon.ca First Novel Award,[11] and the Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Fiction at the 31st Lambda Literary Awards.[12]


References
  1. Plett, Casey [@caseyplett] (June 15, 2014). "Btw Winnipeg I am gonna be giving a hometown reading at @mcnallyrobinson on June 20, my 27th birthday, coincidentally" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. Plett, Casey (May 17, 2018). "Get to Know: Casey Plett". PRISM International (Interview). Interviewed by Jessica Johns. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  3. "She's an open book | The Drive Magazine". The Drive Magazine. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
  4. Plett, Casey (April 20, 2018). "5 Questions With Author Casey Plett". Mennotoba (Interview). Interviewed by Erin Koop Unger. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
  5. "Winnipeg author mines her experiences and those of other trans women in fearless collection of short stories". Winnipeg Free Press, June 19, 2014.
  6. Page/Odofemi, Morgan M. "Trans Women's Lit? An Interview with Trish Salah and Casey Plett". Canadian Women in the Literary Arts. Retrieved June 23, 2015.
  7. "CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: SHORT SPECULATIVE FICTION BY TRANSGENDER WRITERS" Archived June 22, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. Topside Press, February 18, 2015.
  8. "2018 Barbara Gittings Literature Award and Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award of the Stonewall Book Awards Announced". American Library Association News. February 13, 2018. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
  9. "Lambda Literary Awards laud best gay, lesbian and transgender books". Los Angeles Times, June 2, 2015.
  10. "Casey Plett's Little Fish is a powerful and important debut". National Post, April 6, 2018.
  11. "Casey Plett wins $60,000 Amazon first novel prize". Toronto Star, May 22, 2019.
  12. "Canadians win three Lambda awards for LGBTQ writing". Toronto Star, June 4, 2019.


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