DIANNE WARREN WINS $20K GLENGARRY BOOK AWARD FOR NOVEL THE DIAMOND HOUSE

Dianne Warren has won the inaugural Glengarry Book Award for THE DIAMOND HOUSE. The $20,000 prize recognizes English-language fiction written by writers from Saskatchewan.

"Dianne Warren has made a significant contribution to Canadian literature," said Claire Kramer, a founding trustee of the Saskatchewan Foundation for the Arts. "She paints her actors with a fine brush and has a strong perception of character. THE DIAMOND HOUSE is a great read."

"It's such a great honour to be the first recipient of this prize," said Warren in a press release statement. "When you are in the process of writing a novel, you are so immersed in the world of the story that it feels alive, and there is a kind of loss when the book is finished ... It is very difficult for all the good Canadian books to garner the attention they deserve, and I am grateful for every new reader that the Glengarry Prize might attract to THE DIAMOND HOUSE."