Annabel Lyon

Annabel Lyon serves as an Associate Professor in the Creative Writing Program at the University of British Columbia, where she combines her remarkable literary achievements with her passion for nurturing emerging writers. Her breakthrough novel "The Golden Mean" earned the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize and achieved the unique distinction of being the only book nominated for all three major Canadian fiction prizes in 2009, while her diverse literary portfolio includes works across multiple genres such as "Oxygen," "The Best Thing for You," "All-Season Edie," "Encore Edie," "The Sweet Girl," and "Consent." At UBC, she co-developed the groundbreaking "How to Write a Novel" online course series with Nancy Lee, sharing her expertise in novel writing fundamentals and emphasizing the importance of structured outlining and consistent writing practices. Her work has been translated into fourteen languages and published internationally, while her contributions to Canadian literature were recognized with the 2015 Engel-Findley award for her body of work. As a Visiting Fellow at the University of East Anglia and an experienced creative writing instructor, she continues to shape the next generation of writers while maintaining her own distinguished literary career.