Sheila Heti
Canadian novelist whose How Should a Person Be? pioneered a form of hybrid autofiction that influenced a generation. Motherhood and Pure Colour are equally formally innovative meditations on female life choices. She is one of the most formally experimental Canadian novelists.
Works
- TicknorAutobiographical novel exploring artistic life, marriage, and creative struggle
- How Should a Person Be?Unconventional philosophical fiction questioning how one should live meaningfully
- MotherhoodSpeculative work using tarot and chance operations to explore motherhood
- Pure ColourNovel following an artist grieving her partner's death and experiencing spiritual transformation