Biography

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Naomi K. Lewis is the author of the novel Cricket in a Fist, the short story collection I Know Who You Remind Me Of, and the memoir Tiny Lights for Travellers, and she co-edited the anthology Shy. Her novel Riley Mallory is forthcoming in 2027. Naomi has worked as a magazine writer and editor, a creative writing instructor, and a ghostwriter, and she is currently acquisitions editor at Freehand Books. She has previously served as writer in residence at the Calgary Library, the University of New Brunswick, and MacEwan University. Born in England, Naomi grew up partly in the Washington, DC area and has subsequently lived in seven Canadian cities. For the last sixteen years she has called Calgary home.

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