Shaena Lambert is a Canadian novelist and short story writer. Born in Vancouver, she has lived in Toronto, New York and the Okanagan Valley. She currently lives in Vancouver, with her husband, political consultant Bob Penner. They have two children. Lambert's writing has appeared in many prominent periodicals and literary journals including Ploughshares, Zoetrope: All-Story, Toronto Life and The Walrus. Her stories have been chosen three times for Best Canadian Stories, published by Oberon Press, and been anthologized in The Journey Prize Anthology. Her first book, a collection of short stories titled The Falling Woman. was published to widespread critical acclaim. The Hamilton Spectator wrote of The Falling Woman: "In Shaena Lambert we have a writer with the ability to layer experience so that one layer comments on another, a writer with Alice Munro's understanding of the human heart and Yann Martel's gift for inhabiting the minds of vastly different characters." The Falling Woman was a finalist for The Danuta Gleed Award and was chosen as a Globe and Mail best book for 2002. 

January 1st, 1959 in Canada (Age 65)