splendid writer. I am astonished by the clarity and ease of the writing, and a kind of emotional purity." Her novel, Certainty (Toronto: M&S, 2006; New York: Little, Brown, 2007; London: Faber, 2007), won the Amazon.ca/Books in Canada First Novel Award, the Ovid Festival Prize and was a finalist for the Kiriyama Prize for Fiction. Her second novel, Dogs at the Perimeter (Toronto: M&S, 2011; London: Granta Books, 2012), was a finalist for the Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction and the 2014 International Literature Award – Haus der Kulturen der Welt. The novel won the 2015 :de:LiBeraturpreis, awarded by the Frankfurt Book Fair and recognizing works of fiction from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. Shortlisted authors for the 2015 Prize included Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Shani Boianjiu, and NoViolet Bulawayo. Thien's short story "The Wedding Cake" was shortlisted for the 2015 Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award, the richest prize in the world for a single short story. Her 2016 novel, Do Not Say We Have Nothing, won the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction, and the 2016 Scotiabank Giller Prize. It was also shortlisted for the 2016 Man Booker Prize, the 2017 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction, and the 2017 Rathbones Folio Prize. In advance of publication in the United States, it was named to the fiction longlist for the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction. It has been translated into 17 languages. Personal life Thien lives in Montreal and is the common-law partner of novelist Rawi Hage. Bibliography Simple Recipes — 2001 The Chinese Violin Vancouver : Whitecap Books, 2001. Certainty Toronto : McClelland & Stewart, 2006. Dogs at the Perimeter Toronto, Ont. : McClelland & Stewart, 2011. Do Not Say We Have Nothing London : Granta Publications, 2016. References External links Official website Faber & Faber: authors Speak, memory — Madeleine Thien, Dogs at the Perimeter The Varsity, February 27, 2012 1974 births Living people Canadian women novelists Canadian people of Chinese descent Canadian writers of Asian descent Simon Fraser University alumni University of British Columbia alumni Writers from Vancouver Canadian women short story writers 21st-century Canadian novelists 21st-century Canadian women writers 21st-century Canadian short story writers International Writing Program alumni Governor General's Award-winning fiction writers Brooklyn College faculty Amazon.ca First Novel Award winners