Miriam Toews

Miriam Toews (born May 21, 1964) is a Canadian novelist from Steinbach, Manitoba. She is the author of multiple acclaimed novels including A Complicated Kindness, All My Puny Sorrows and Women Talking. Her work often explores family, faith, identity and the Mennonite experience, and has earned major Canadian and international literary awards. Toews has also written non-fiction and appeared in film. She lives in Toronto.