The Spectacular

ZOE WHITTALL’s most recent novel, The Fake, was an instant bestseller. Her fourth novel, The Spectacular, was described by the New York Times as “a highly readable testament to the strength of the maternal bond” and by the Toronto Star as “a singularly impressive piece of fiction.” Her third novel, The Best Kind of People, was shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. It was also Indigo’s #1 Book of 2016 and was named a best book of the year by the Walrus, Toronto Life, the Globe & Mail and the National Post. Her second novel, Holding Still for as Long as Possible, won a Lambda Literary Award and was a Stonewall Honor Book. Her debut novel, Bottle Rocket Hearts, won the Writers’ Trust of Canada’s Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ2S+ Emerging Writers. She was a writer for the Emmy Award–winning comedy show Schitt’s Creek, as well as Degrassi and the Baroness Von Sketch Show, for which she won a Canadian Screen Award for Best Writing, Variety or Sketch Comedy in 2018. Zoe Whittall lives in Prince Edward County.