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| '''Bill Gaston''' (born 1953) is a ] ], ] and ] writer. | |||
| Gaston grew up in ], ], ], ], and ], ]. | '''Bill Gaston''' (born 1953) is a ] ], ] and ] writer. Gaston, grew up in ], ], ], ], and ], ]. Aside from teaching at various universities, he has worked as a logger, salmon fishing guide, group home worker and, most exotically, playing hockey in the south of France. He is married (to writer Dede Crane) with four children and lives in Victoria BC, where he teaches at the ]. | ||
| Gaston has published five novels–''Tall Lives'' (Macmillan, 1990, and Seal Books), ''The Cameraman'' (Macmillan 1994, and Raincoast, 2002), ''Bella Combe Journal'' (Cormorant, 1996), ''The Good Body'' (Stoddart, 2000 and U.S., HarperCollins, 2001, Raincoast, 2002, Anansi, 2009, nominated for the Relit Award), ''Sointula'' (Raincoast, 2004, nominated for the Ethel Wilson Award, and Relit Award, and Penguin, 2012), ''The Order of Good Cheer'' (Anansi, 2008), and ''The World'' (Penguin Canada/Hamish Hamilton, 2012). His short fiction collections are ''Deep Cove Stories'', ''North of Jesus’ Beans'', the critically acclaimed ''Sex Is Red'', and ''Mount Appetite'' (Raincoast, 2002, nominated for the ] and the ] and ]). His memoir, ''Midnight Hockey'', an irreverent look at oldtimer beer leagues, was published by Doubleday in 2006. He has a collection of poetry, ''Inviting Blindness'' (Oolichan), the plays ''Yardsale'' and ''I Am Danielle Steel'', and has written for television. His short fiction has been published in Granta (U.K.), and Tin House (U.S.), broadcast nationally on the CBC, and included in Best Canadian Stories, and has won the ] and ]. In 2003 he was awarded the inaugural ] for a body of work. | |||
| His story collection ''Mount Appetite'' (2002) was nominated for the 2002 ] and the ]. Gaston received a second Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize nomination for his novel ''Sointula'' (2004). He was the recipient of the inaugural ] in 2003. | |||
| In 1999, the Globe & Mail wrote: “Given Gaston’s body of work, he merits elevation into the leading ranks of Canadian authors. His writing is gentle, humorous, absurd, beautiful, spiritual, dark and sexy. He deserves to dwell in the company of Findley, Atwood and Munro as one of this country’s outstanding literary treasures.” | |||
| Of Sex Is Red, the Toronto Star wrote: “Bill Gaston’s latest story collection features his usual verve–lord, it seems he’s actually having fun....Bill Gaston is the Eveready Bunny of the short story. May he keep on going and going.” | |||
| U.S. writer Thomas McGuane wrote: “The Good Body is a winning, moving book filled with an achy humanity and rueful, well-earned humor. Here are places and struggles we haven’t already seen. Bill Gaston is a most valuable writer.” | |||
| “Bill Gaston is a writer of great empathy, capable, it seems, of getting beneath the skin of anybody.” (2002 Giller Prize Jury–Barbara Gowdy, Thomas King, William New) | |||
| Gaston currently teaches creative writing at the ]. He previously served as director of the creative writing program at the ], and as editor of '']''. | |||
| He is married to Dede Gaston, who writes as Dede Crane, is the author of several novels including the nationally acclaimed Sympathy, which was a finalist for the Victoria Butler Book Prize, and the teen novel The 25 pains of Kennedy Baines. Her most recent books are The Cult of Quick Repair, a collection of stories and (as co-editor) Great Expectations, a collection of essays about the experience of giving birth. Her first published story was short-listed for the CBC Literary Award, and she has since published stories in numerous literary journals, as well as reviewing books for The Globe and Mail, The Shambhala Sun, and The Times Colonist. Her latest teen novel will be out in the spring of 2009. | |||
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| ==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
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| *''Sointula'' (2004) | *''Sointula'' (2004) | ||
| *''The Order of Good Cheer'' (2008) | *''The Order of Good Cheer'' (2008) | ||
| *''The World'' (2012) | |||
| ===Short stories=== | ===Short stories=== | ||
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Bill Gaston (born 1953) is a Canadian novelist, playwright and short story writer. Gaston, grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Toronto, Ontario, and North Vancouver, British Columbia. Aside from teaching at various universities, he has worked as a logger, salmon fishing guide, group home worker and, most exotically, playing hockey in the south of France. He is married (to writer Dede Crane) with four children and lives in Victoria BC, where he teaches at the University of Victoria.
Gaston has published five novels–Tall Lives (Macmillan, 1990, and Seal Books), The Cameraman (Macmillan 1994, and Raincoast, 2002), Bella Combe Journal (Cormorant, 1996), The Good Body (Stoddart, 2000 and U.S., HarperCollins, 2001, Raincoast, 2002, Anansi, 2009, nominated for the Relit Award), Sointula (Raincoast, 2004, nominated for the Ethel Wilson Award, and Relit Award, and Penguin, 2012), The Order of Good Cheer (Anansi, 2008), and The World (Penguin Canada/Hamish Hamilton, 2012). His short fiction collections are Deep Cove Stories, North of Jesus’ Beans, the critically acclaimed Sex Is Red, and Mount Appetite (Raincoast, 2002, nominated for the Giller Prize and the [[Ethel Wilson Award[[) and Gargoyles (Anansi, 2006, nominated for a Governor General's Award and winner of the Victoria Book Prize and Relit Award). His memoir, Midnight Hockey, an irreverent look at oldtimer beer leagues, was published by Doubleday in 2006. He has a collection of poetry, Inviting Blindness (Oolichan), the plays Yardsale and I Am Danielle Steel, and has written for television. His short fiction has been published in Granta (U.K.), and Tin House (U.S.), broadcast nationally on the CBC, and included in Best Canadian Stories, and has won the CBC Canadian Literary Award and National Magazine Award. In 2003 he was awarded the inaugural Timothy Findley Award for a body of work.
In 1999, the Globe & Mail wrote: “Given Gaston’s body of work, he merits elevation into the leading ranks of Canadian authors. His writing is gentle, humorous, absurd, beautiful, spiritual, dark and sexy. He deserves to dwell in the company of Findley, Atwood and Munro as one of this country’s outstanding literary treasures.” Of Sex Is Red, the Toronto Star wrote: “Bill Gaston’s latest story collection features his usual verve–lord, it seems he’s actually having fun....Bill Gaston is the Eveready Bunny of the short story. May he keep on going and going.” U.S. writer Thomas McGuane wrote: “The Good Body is a winning, moving book filled with an achy humanity and rueful, well-earned humor. Here are places and struggles we haven’t already seen. Bill Gaston is a most valuable writer.” “Bill Gaston is a writer of great empathy, capable, it seems, of getting beneath the skin of anybody.” (2002 Giller Prize Jury–Barbara Gowdy, Thomas King, William New)
Bibliography
Novels
- Tall Lives (1990)
- The Cameraman (1994)
- Bella Combe Journal (1996)
- The Good Body (2000)
- Sointula (2004)
- The Order of Good Cheer (2008)
- The World (2012)
Short stories
- Deep Cove Stories (1989)
- North of Jesus' Beans (1994)
- Sex is Red (1998)
- Mount Appetite (2002)
- Gargoyles (2006) (nominated for the 2006 Governor General's Award for fiction)
Poetry
- Inviting Blindness (1995)
Drama
- Yardsale (1994)
- Ethnic Cleansing
- I am Danielle Steel
Non-fiction
- Midnight Hockey: All About Beer, the Boys and the Real Canadian Game^ (2006)