Kerry Lee Powell is a Canadian writer, whose debut short story collection Willem de Kooning's Paintbrush was a longlisted nominee for the Scotiabank Giller Prize,[1] and a shortlisted nominee for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize[2] and the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction,[3] in 2016.

Kerry Lee Powell
BornMontreal, Quebec
OccupationPoet, short story writer
NationalityCanadian
Period2010s–present
Notable worksInheritance, Willem de Kooning's Paintbrush

Originally from Montreal, Quebec, she is currently based in Moncton, New Brunswick.[1] She has also published the poetry collections Inheritance and The Wreckage, and was a shortlisted Gerald Lampert Award finalist in 2015 for Inheritance.[4]

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