Hazel Jane Plante is a Canadian writer from Vancouver, British Columbia,Sue Carter, "Vancouver author Hazel Jane Plante’s quirky, queer debut destined to be a cult classic". Toronto Star, December 5, 2019. whose debut novel Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian) was published in 2019.Nour Abi Nakhoul, "Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian)". Quill & Quire, December 2019. The book won the Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Literature at the 32nd Lambda Literary Awards in 2020, and was a shortlisted finalist for Publishing Triangle's Leslie Feinberg Award and the Jim Deva Prize for Writing that Provokes.Jane Van Koeverden, "Alix Ohlin, Steven Price, Ivan Coyote, Yasuko Thanh among BC and Yukon Book Prize nominees". CBC Books, March 12, 2020.
Her second novel, Any Other City, was published in 2023,"Any Other City by Hazel Jane Plante". CBC Books, February 6, 2023. and was shortlisted for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize in 2024.Kristi Alexandra, "BC and Yukon Book Prizes reveals shortlist". The Georgia Straight, April 11, 2024.
She served on the jury for the Dayne Ogilvie Prize in 2024."Vincent Anioke, Anthony Oliveira, Éric Chacour shortlisted for $10K 2SLGBTQ+ emerging writers prize". CBC Books, September 13, 2024.
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