Annabel Lyon on the beach in Vancouver, October 15, 2009. Lyle Stafford for the Globe and Mail With two young kids and three big nominations, the author tells Marsha Lederman, life is busy – and great Think writing a historical novel based on Aristotle's relationship with Alexander the Great sounds intimidating? Try doing it through two pregnancies and while raising two very young children – the sleepless nights, the baby brain. But, boy, have things ever worked out for Annabel Lyon. She has become Canada's newest literary star, with her debut novel for adults, The Golden Mean, short-listed for three major awards: the Giller Prize, the Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, and this past Wednesday, the Governor-General's Literary Award for Fiction. “ You try and strike a balance, but I don't even know what that would look like.” The... [read full story]
