Carol Bruneau is a Canadian

Canada

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 writer. She lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where she is currently a part-time faculty member of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University

Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University

NSCAD University also known as the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, is a post-secondary art school located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada....

, where she teaches writing in the foundation program. She has a Masters degree from Dalhousie University

Dalhousie University

Dalhousie University is a public research university located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The university comprises eleven faculties including Schulich School of Law and Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine. It also includes the faculties of architecture, planning and engineering located at...

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Her book Purple for Sky (2000) won the Thomas Head Raddall Award

Thomas Head Raddall Award

The Thomas Head Raddall Award is a Canadian literary award, presented annually by the Writers' Trust of Canada and the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia, to the best work of adult fiction published in the previous year by a writer from the Atlantic provinces...

 and the fiction category of the Dartmouth Book Awards in 2001. The novel was also shortlisted in the same year for the Pearson Readers' Choice Award.