- Won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature.
- She started writing as a stay-at-home mother with three young daughters. She didn't have the uninterrupted time to devote to a novel, so she wrote short stories.
- Her literary inspirations include Eudora Welty, Flannery O'Connor, Katherine Anne Porter, Carson McCullers, and Anton Chekhov.
- She was the first Canadian to win the Nobel Prize for literature.
- Co-founder with James Munro of Munro's Books in Victoria, B.C.
- She was awarded the 2002 Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee Medal from the Canadian Governor General. She lives in Clinton, Ontario, Canada.
- She was awarded the 2012 Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee Medal from the Canadian Governor General. She lives in Clinton, Ontario, Canada.
- Pictured on a Canadian 'permanent' commemorative stamp issued 10 July 2015. Price on day of issue was 85¢.
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