Now Magazine’s Book of the Year

Winner of the VanCity Book Prize

Shortlisted for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize

Runner-Up for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award

“These are moving and gripping stories – harsh, yet delivered with delicacy and compassion. They are from a young, new writer of conspicuous talent. Read them – and you will wake from a slumber you did not know you were in.” - Yann Martel, author of Life of Pi

Infused with eroticism, poignancy, and insight that cuts to the bone, these stories lead us into a tipping world of emotional wagers, loss and discovery, power and impulse. A marriage is tested as a mother struggles to cope with the disappearance of her prostitute daughter. Two angry women in a minivan act out their frustrations as they rampage through the night. A pill-dependent nurse juggles neuroses, infatuation, and exhaustion while supervising a high school dance-a-thon. A quiet tattoo artist takes in a homeless woman, and stumbles upon the true nature of beauty, jealousy, and love.

Written in taut, unflinching prose, these stories are edgy and dark, sharply observed and uniquely imagined. As provocative as it is brilliant, Dead Girls introduces Nancy Lee as an astonishing and original new literary talent.

McClelland & Stewart (Canada, English Language)
Faber & Faber (UK)
Buchet-Chastel (France)
Editions 18/10 (France, Mass Market)
Ambo Anthos (Netherlands)
Goldmann (Germany)
Fazi Editore (Italy)
Circe (Spain)