Riel Nason

Riel Nason is a Canadian novelist and textile artist. Her acclaimed debut novel The Town That Drowned won the Commonwealth Book Prize for Canada and Europe, and the Margaret and John Savage First Book Award. Riel’s original quilts have been exhibited across Canada; she is best known for her whimsical selvage quilts and bold use of color, and she has published two books on the subject: Modern Selvage Quilting and Sew a Modern Halloween. Her love of quilting is also evident in her debut picture book, The Little Ghost Who Was a Quilt, which Quill & Quire described as “[A] sly twist on the transformative power of Halloween,” and her upcoming picture book The Little Ghost Quilt’s Winter Surprise. Riel grew up in Hawkshaw, New Brunswick, and now lives in Quispamsis, NB, with her husband, son, daughter and cats.