Eden Robinson

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Eden Victoria Lena Robinson (born 19 January 1968) is a Canadian novelist and short story writer.

Born in Kitamaat, British Columbia, she is a member of the Haisla and Heiltsuk First Nations. She was educated at the University of Victoria and the University of British Columbia.

Robinson's critically acclaimed first book, Traplines (1995), a collection of long short stories, was published in 1998 and was awarded the Winifred Holtby Prize for the best first work of fiction in the Commonwealth, and was a New York Times Editor's Choice and Notable Book of the Year. She received the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize for her second book, Monkey Beach (2000), a novel, which was also nominated for the 2000 Governor General's Award and the 2000 Giller Award.

Robinson's sister, Carla Robinson, is a Canadian television journalist at CBC Newsworld.