Nominees for the 2012 Scotiabank Giller Prize
Author Kim Thuy poses for a photograph at her home in Longueuil, Que., Thursday February 02, 2012.Graham Hughes/The Globe and Mail
Author Cary Fagan poses for a portrait at his home in Toronto.Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail
Toronto author Lauren B. Davis.Helen Tansey
Author Will Ferguson in a Calgary coffee shop.Larry MacDougal/The Globe and Mail
Author Annabel Lyon seen here at her home in New Westminster, British Columbia, Tuesday, January 25, 2011. In 2009, her first novel, The Golden Mean, was the only one nominated that year for all three of Canada's major fiction prizes.Rafal Gerszak/The Globe and Mail
Robert Hough, author of novel Dr. Brinkley's Tower, is photographed in his Toronto home on February 20, 2012.JENNIFER ROBERTS/The Globe and Mail
Novelist Billie Livingston in Vancouver April 10, 2006.JOHN LEHMANN/The Globe and Mail
Alix Ohlin.
Katrina Onstad in Toronto on Sept 23 2010.Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail
Author C.S. Richardson is shown in this handout photo.Curtis Lantinga/The Canadian Press
Author Nancy Richler.
Volunteer firefighter Russell Wangersky, author of "Burning Down the House," at his home in St. John's.Paul Daly/The Globe and Mail
Handout photo of author Marjorie Celona.