Carol Shields, one of Canada’s most acclaimed writers, has died of cancer at the age of 68. “Since the publication of her first novel, Small Ceremonies in 1976, Shields wrote numerous works of fiction – including the 1993 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Stone Diaries – plays, short story collections and poetry. Her books have also won a Canada Council Major Award, two National Magazine Awards, the Canadian Author’s Award, and a CBC short story award.”