Tessa McWatt
Encyclopedia
Tessa McWatt is a Guyanese
-born Canadian
writer.
Her first novel, Out of My Skin, was published in 1998. Her second, Dragons Cry, was shortlisted for the City of Toronto Book Award
and the Governor General's Award
in 2001.
Her most recent novel, This Body, was published in 2004. She has also published a novella for young adults, There's No Place Like....
Guyana
Guyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, previously the colony of British Guiana, is a sovereign state on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Anglophone Caribbean. Guyana was a former colony of the Dutch and of the British...
-born Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
writer.
Her first novel, Out of My Skin, was published in 1998. Her second, Dragons Cry, was shortlisted for the City of Toronto Book Award
City of Toronto Book Award
The Toronto Book Awards are Canadian literary awards, presented annually by the city of Toronto to the author of the year's best fiction or non-fiction book or books "that are evocative of Toronto"....
and the Governor General's Award
2001 Governor General's Awards
The 2001 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were presented by Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada, at a ceremony at Rideau Hall on November 14. Each winner received a cheque for $15,000.-Fiction:*Richard B...
in 2001.
Her most recent novel, This Body, was published in 2004. She has also published a novella for young adults, There's No Place Like....