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canadian '' when everything feels like the movies '' 2010s-present raziel reid
 raziel reid journalist young adult novelist
raziel reid

raziel reid is a canadian writer , whose debut young adult novel `` when everything feels like the movies '' won the governor general 's award for english-language children 's literature at the 2014 governor general 's awards .
the novel , inspired in part by the 2008 murder of gay teenager lawrence fobes king , was published by arsenal pulp press in 2014 .
its launch was marked with a national book tour with vivek shraya , who was simultaneously promoting his new book `` she of the mountains '' .
a graduate of the new york film academy , reid is a former blogger and columnist for `` xtra vancouver '' .
`` when everything feels like the movies '' was selected for inclusion in the 2015 edition of `` canada reads '' , where it was defended by blogger and broadcaster elaine lui .
it was also nominated for a lambda literary award for lgbt children 's / young adult literature at the 27th lambda literary awards , and for publishing triangle 's ferro-grumley award .
