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Canadian writer
Eddy Boudel Tan
OccupationNovelist
Period2020s – present
Notable worksAfter Elias

Eddy Boudel Tan is a Canadian writer from Vancouver, British Columbia, whose 2020 debut novel After Elias was a finalist for the 2021 ReLit Award for Fiction.

Career

Inspired by the Germanwings Flight 9525, After Elias centres on a gay man coping with the death of his husband-to-be in a plane crash just days before their wedding.

Boudel Tan was one of five writers named to the Writers' Trust of Canada's annual Rising Stars mentorship program in 2021. In July he published his second novel, The Rebellious Tide.

Boudel Tan, openly gay, is the son of immigrants from Brunei.

Awards

Year Work Award Category Result Ref.
2021 After Elias Edmund White Award — Finalist
ReLit Awards Fiction Nominated
2022 The Rebellious Tide Ferro-Grumley Award — Finalist

Biblio

Novels

  • After Elias (2020)
  • The Rebellious Tide (2021)

References

  1. Brett Josef Grubisic, "Review: Boudel Tan delivers a story that’s enticing and smile-inducing". Vancouver Sun, July 30, 2021.
  2. ^ Gail Johnson, "Stir Q&A: Modern queer tragedy After Elias picks up the pieces after a soon-to-be-married pilot flies his plane into the sea". Stir, November 19, 2020.
  3. Becky Toyne, "Fall books preview: Plan a reading marathon with these 68 best picks". The Globe and Mail, September 18, 2020.
  4. Vicky Qiao, "5 Canadian emerging writers named Writer's Trust 2021 Rising Stars". CBC Books, May 5, 2021.
  5. "21 Canadian books we can't wait to read in July". CBC Books, July 7, 2021.
  6. cpeet (2021-03-22). "Finalists Announced for 2021 Publishing Triangle Awards". The Publishing Triangle. Retrieved 2024-11-30.
  7. "ReLit announces 2021 winners in third week of month-long celebration - Quill and Quire". Quill and Quire - Canada's magazine of book news and reviews. 2021-04-23. Retrieved 2024-11-30.
  8. cpeet (2022-03-21). "Finalists Announced for 2022 Publishing Triangle Awards". The Publishing Triangle. Retrieved 2024-11-30.
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