I have often been very frustrated with how these narratives are portrayed in the media and frustrated with how grand or cheesy they can sometimes be.

I have plenty of written plenty of transgender women in my fiction, but usually after they have changed names and pronouns - we meet them after that's happened. ' A Dream of a Woman is the first time I've ever written a transition narrative. 'So it's also about these women who have relationships with each other and how they are hoping that their lovers see them.' A transition narrative She wants.to open the door and see a dream of a woman looking back at her.' Much of the book focuses around romance and relationships and sex. Specifically, in the penultimate story of the book, says, 'She wants to look perfect. 'Much of the book focuses around romance and relationships and sex. But that's not really what the title means: A Dream of a Woman ends up being something about these characters who are grasping for more stable adult lives that don't really come through. 'You could look at the book's title, A Dream of a Woman, as being about dysphoria, specifically in transgender women. Plett spoke with Shelagh Rogers about how A Dream of a Woman came to be. The collection of short stories explores partnership, sexuality, addiction, romance and love. Plett returns to the short story form with A Dream of a Woman, a book which finds quiet truths in Prairie high-rises and New York warehouses, in freezing Canadian winters and drizzly Oregon days.

Her first short story collection, A Safe Girl to Love, was published in 2014. Plett's lens on location and identity is reflected in her novel Little Fish, which won a Lambda Literary Award, Amazon First Novel Award and the Firecracker Award for Fiction. For Casey Plett, place and location is central to her life and work. The Canadian writer was born in Manitoba and has lived in Ontario, Oregon and New York.

A dream of a woman by casey plett