Mary Lawson

Mary Lawson was born and brought up in a small farming community in Ontario. She is the author of two previous novels, Crow Lake and The Other Side of the Bridge, both of them bestsellers. She lives in England but returns to Canada frequently. Crow Lake was a CBC Canada Reads Canadian Bestseller of the Decade, and was chosen Book of the Year by The Globe and Mail, The New York Times, Sunday Times, Washington Post, among others, and was a Heather’s Pick. The Other Side of the Bridge was also longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, and was a finalist for the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize.