Author Sarah Bernstein wins Canadian fiction prize for her novel ‘Study of Obedience’

TORONTO (AP) — Author Sarah Bernstein has won the Scotiabank Giller Prize for her novel “Study for Obedience.” The author born in Montreal accepted the award remotely from Scotland, where she had a baby just 10 days ago. Her novel is about a young woman moving to the remote north where after her arrival, a series of inexplicable events occur. The $72,000 prize honors the best in Canadian fiction. Past winners have included Margaret Atwood, Mordecai Richler and Alice Munro.