Introduction
Casey Plett (born June 20, 1987) is a Canadian writer.
Life
Plett was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and grew up in a Mennonite family in Morden, Manitoba. She attended high school in Eugene, Oregon and later moved to Portland for College and New York for graduate school. She currently lives in Windsor, Ontario.
Plett previously wrote a regular column about her gender transition for McSweeney's Internet Tendency. She is a book reviewer for the Winnipeg Free Press and has published work in Rookie, Plenitude, The Walrus, and Two Serious Ladies.
In addition to her work as an author she is the co-editor with Cat Fitzpatrick of Meanwhile, Elsewhere: Science Fiction and Fantasy from Transgender Writers, an anthology of speculative fiction from trans authors from Topside Press. Meanwhile, Elsewhere received a Stonewall Book Award in 2018. She has cited Imogen Binnie, Elena Rose, and Julia Serano as some of her influences.
Work
| Work | Awards & Honours |
|---|---|
| A Safe Girl to Love. Topside Press. 2014. ISBN 978-1627290050. | Lambda Literary Award, Honour of Distinction from the Dayne Oglive Prize |
| Co-editor, Meanwhile, Elsewhere: Science Fiction and Fantasy from Transgender Writers. Topside Press. 2017. ISBN 978-1627290180. | Stonewall Book Award |
| Little Fish. Arsenal Pulp Press. 2018. ISBN 978-1551527208. | Amazon.ca First Novel Award, and the Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Fiction at the 31st Lambda Literary Awards.
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