Editing Carol Shields (section)

==Career==
In 1973, Shields became editorial assistant for the journal ''[[Canadian Slavonic Papers]]'' while living in Ottawa 1968–1978. Her first novel, ''Small Ceremonies'', was published in 1976, followed by ''The Box Garden'' in 1977. That year she worked as a sessional lecturer in the English Department at the University of Ottawa.<ref>[http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,6109,1000419,00.html "Carol Shields"]. ''The Guardian'', Alex Clark, 18 Jul 2003</ref> She taught Creative Writing at the [[University of British Columbia]] while living in Vancouver from 1978 to 1980.

Shields' third novel, ''Happenstance'', was published in 1980; that year, she and her husband settled in [[Winnipeg|Winnipeg, Manitoba]], after he was hired to teach in the [[University of Manitoba]]'s Faculty of Engineering. It was here that Shields wrote her better-known books.

From the fall of 1982 onward, Shields taught in the English Department at the University of Manitoba, first as an Assistant Professor (1982–1992), then as an Associate Professor (1992–1995). She published the novel [[Swann: A Mystery|''Swann'']] in 1987, and ''The Republic of Love'' in 1992. ''[[The Stone Diaries]]'' (1993) won the 1995 [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction]] and the [[1993 Governor General's Awards|1993 Governor General's Award]], the only book to have ever received both awards.<ref>[https://www.macleans.ca/culture/books/the-indecently-curious-carol-shields/ "The 'indecently curious' Carol Shields"]. Donna Bailey Nurse, ''Maclean's'', May 1, 2016</ref> It won the U.S. [[National Book Critics Circle Award]] in 1994, and was nominated in 1993 for the [[Booker Prize]].  The Stone Diaries was named one of the best books of the year by ''[[Publishers Weekly]]''. It was also chosen as a "Notable Book" by ''[[The New York Times Book Review]]'', which wrote "The Stone Diaries reminds us again why literature matters."

Shields was made Full Professor of English in 1995, and, in 1996, she became chancellor of the [[University of Winnipeg]].

Shields was the author of several short story collections, including ''Various Miracles'' (1985), ''The Orange Fish'' (1989), and ''Dressing Up for the Carnival'' (2000).   She was the recipient of a [[Canada Council]] Major Award, two National Magazine Awards, the 1990 [[Marian Engel Award]], the Canadian Authors Award, and a [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] short story award. She was appointed as an officer of the [[Order of Canada]] in 1998 and was elevated to companion of the Order in 2002. Shields was also a fellow of the [[Royal Society of Canada]] and a member of the [[Order of Manitoba]].

Carol Shields won the 1998 [[Orange Prize for Fiction]] for her 1997 novel ''[[Larry's Party]]''. Her last novel, ''[[Unless]]'' (2002), was nominated for the 2002 [[Giller Prize]], the Governor General of Canada Literary Award, the Booker Prize and the 2003 Orange Prize for Fiction. It was awarded the [[Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize]].
On retirement in 2000, Shields became Professor Emerita at the University of Manitoba. That year, after Don's retirement, the couple moved to [[Victoria, British Columbia]].

Shields also studied the works of Jane Austen. She wrote the biography entitled ''Jane Austen'', which won the $25,000 Charles Taylor Prize for literary non-fiction in April 2002, an award accepted by her daughter Meg on her behalf in Toronto, on April 22, 2002.

Her last novel, ''Unless'', contains a passionate defence of female writers who write of 'domestic' subjects.

Carol Shields wrote plays including ''Departures and Arrivals'' which has been performed hundreds of times by both amateur and professional theaters. Other celebrated plays include ''Thirteen Hand'' (1993), ''Fashion, Power, Guilt, and the Charity of Families'' (co-authored with daughter Catherine Shields)(1995), and ''Unless'' (with daughter Sara Cassidy) (2005).  Collections of poems by Shields were published in 1972 ''Others'', 1974 ''Intersect'', and 1992 ''Coming to Canada''.

Two collections of essays written by women about what they were not told became best sellers in Canada.  ''Dropped Threads'' (2001) and ''Dropped Threads 2'' (2003) were edited by Shields and her friend and colleague Marjorie Anderson.