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Bill Gaston (born 1953) is a Canadian novelist, playwright and short story writer. He won the inaugural Timothy Findley Award in 2003, and his story collection Mount Appetite was nominated for the Giller Prize in 2002.

Gaston grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Toronto, Ontario, and North Vancouver, British Columbia.

He currently teaches creative writing at the University of Victoria. He previously served as director of the creative writing program at the University of New Brunswick, and as editor of The Fiddlehead.

Works

Novels

  • Tall Lives (1990)
  • The Cameraman (1994)
  • Bella Combe Journal (1996)
  • The Good Body (2000)
  • Sointula (2004)

Short Stories

  • Deep Cove Stories (1989)
  • North of Jesus' Beans (1994)
  • Sex is Red (1998)
  • Mount Appetite (2002)

Poetry

  • Inviting Blindness (1995)

Drama

  • Yardsale (1994)
  • Ethnic Cleansing
  • I am Danielle Steel


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