Kerry Lee Powell | |
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Born | Montreal, Quebec |
Occupation | Poet, short story writer |
Nationality | Canadian |
Period | 2010s–present |
Notable works | Inheritance, Willem de Kooning's Paintbrush |
Kerry Lee Powell is a Canadian writer, whose debut short story collection Willem de Kooning's Paintbrush was a longlisted nominee for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, and a shortlisted nominee for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize and the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction, in 2016.
Originally from Montreal, Quebec, she is currently based in Moncton, New Brunswick. She has also published the poetry collections Inheritance and The Wreckage, and was a shortlisted Gerald Lampert Award finalist in 2015 for Inheritance.