Terry Ades

Terry Ades was born in Egypt and brought up in the bilingual city of Montreal. While her first language is French, she was obliged to attend English school.
After receiving a degree in creative writing, her intention to author stories was derailed when, as a young mother, she lost her eyesight. No longer able to read her narratives, she gave up on writing. Multiple surgeries later and with the aid of 31-point font, she completed two novels and several short stories. She was awarded first prize in McGill Street Magazine’s Writes of Passage competition for “Part of a Small Left Eye”, a short story based on her experience. The Prayer Room, was a semi-finalist in the Chapters/Robertson Davies First Novel contest.