mini Miriam Toews (Steinbach, Manitoba, Kanada, 1964.), kanadska spisateljica i novinarka. Odrasla je u menonitskoj zajednici. Čim je završila srednju školu, napustila je svoju zajednicu i odselila u Montreal. Završila je novinarstvo a potom se upustila u pisanje knjiženvih djela.
Djela prevedena na hrvatski jezik Komplicirana dobrota, 2014 (A Complicated Kindness), ; prijevod: Duška Gerić Koren
Djela Summer of My Amazing Luck, 1996 A Boy of Good Breeding, 1998 Swing Low: A Life (non-fiction), 2000 A Complicated Kindness, 2004 The Flying Troutmans, 2008 Irma Voth, 2011 All My Puny Sorrows, 2014
Nagrade 1996 John Hirsch Award za Summer of My Amazing Luck 1998 McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award za A Boy of Good Breeding 2000 McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award za Swing Low: A Life 2004 Governor General's Award za A Complicated Kindness 2004 McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award za A Complicated Kindness 2005 Canadian Booksellers Association Libris Award for Fiction Book of the Year za A Complicated Kindness 2006 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award (longlist) za A Complicated Kindness 2006 Winner CBC Canada Reads 2006 za A Complicated Kindness 2007 Ariel Award, Best Actress nomination za Luz Silenciosa" 2008 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize za The Flying Troutmans 2009 Orange Prize for Fiction (longlist) za The Flying Troutmans 2010 Writers Trust Engel/Findley Award 2012 Canadian Authors Association Award for Fiction finalist za Irma Voth'' 2013 Order of Manitoba
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