Carol Shaben wins Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction

By Westwood Creative ArtistsJuly 31, 2013News

WCA would like to congratulate Carol Shaben on winning the $10,000 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction.

INTO THE ABYSS has had a great run. A #1 Bestseller in Canada, a finalist for the Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize, a Barnes & Noble Spring/Summer 2013 Discover Great New Writers pick, an Amazon.com Best Book of the Month (for May 2013), A PW Best New Book for the Week, and an Indie Bestseller, it was also featured as a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week.

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Carol Shaben wins Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction

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