Camilla Gibb
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Camilla Gibb is a writer.
Gibb gained recognition as a writer with the publication of her first novel, Mouthing the Words, in 1999.
In 2000, the novel won Gibb the City of Toronto Book Award.
Gibb's second novel, The Petty Details of So-and-So's Life, was published in August 2002.
Gibb's third novel, Sweetness in the Belly (2005), is set against the backdrop of the Ethiopian Revolution and largely takes place in the ancient walled city of Harar. It was shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize in 2005, longlisted for the Dublin IMPAC Award and won the Trillium Award for best book in Ontario in 2006.
[edit] Bibliography
- Mouthing the Words (Pedlar Press, 1999)
- The Petty Details of So-and-So's Life (Anchor Canada, 2002)
- Sweetness in the Belly (Anchor Canada, 2005)
