Michelle Good makes Giller Prize short list for 100K award for Canadian fiction

TORONTO — The prestigious Giller Prize unveiled its shortlist for Canada's most coveted fiction award on Monday, naming Michelle Good as one of five finalists to receive the $100,000 prize. Good's novel, "Eliza Sunshine," is a multi-generational saga chronicling the lives of three generations of Cree women and their shared storytelling traditions.

The list also includes Tara Gereaux's "Wild People Quiet," exploring the consequences of a woman concealing her Métis identity in a small prairie town during the 1940s, and Nazanine Hozar's "The Small Ones," which follows children caught in a military insurgency along the Iran-Iraq border in the 1980s. Nicholas Herring's "Your Breath in Charcoal" and Patmeena Sabit's "Good People" complete the lineup of contenders.

The Giller Prize, Canada's largest award for fiction, presents $100,000 to the winner and $10,000 to each of the five finalists. This year's ceremony, set to award the prize on Nov. 16, will be broadcast live. The shortlist was chosen by a nine-member jury composed of independent booksellers from across Canada. The Canadian Press reported the news on Oct. 5, 2026.