Scotiabank Giller Prize: Rogers Writers' Trust Of Canada Fiction Prize

Montreal Author Alix Ohlin Dept: TORONTO - Just a few weeks ago, Montreal author Alix Ohlin had never been a finalist for any major literary prize, according to Winnipeg Free Press. "I'm totally thrilled, of course. I don't even know what to say. I'm just very happy," a stunned Ohlin, 40, said in a telephone interview shortly after Monday's Giller short list came out and the cover of "Inside", by author Alix Ohlin, is shown. Ohlin has landed a shot at another prestigious literary award: the $50,000 Scotiabank Giller Prize. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Anasi Now, her novel "Inside" is up for two of them: the $25,000 Rogers Writers' Trust of Canada Fiction Prize, which revealed its finalists last month, and the $50,000 Scotiabank Giller Prize, which announced its short list on Monday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.