Camilla Gibb, author portrait
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Camilla Gibb

CAMILLA GIBB was born in London, England, and grew up in Toronto. She is the author of four internationally acclaimed novels—Mouthing the WordsThe Petty Details of So-and-so's LifeSweetness in the Belly and The Beauty of Humanity Movement—as well as the bestselling memoir This is Happy. Camilla has been the recipient of the Trillium Book Award, the City of Toronto Book Award and the CBC Canadian Literary Award and has been shortlisted for the RBC Taylor Prize and the Scotiabank Giller Prize. She has a Ph.D. from Oxford University and is an adjunct faculty member of the graduate creative writing programs at the University of Toronto and the University of Guelph.

Visit her at www.camillagibb.com
The Relatives
This Is Happy
The Beauty of Humanity Movement
Sweetness in the Belly

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The Relatives
This Is Happy
The Beauty of Humanity Movement
Sweetness in the Belly

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