Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
I am the award-winning and bestselling author of the novels UNTHINKABLE, NOTHING BUT LIFE, BOY, and SAINTS, UNEXPECTED, the story collection CUT ROAD, and the forthcoming novels THE PEACE THIEVES and DO NOT COUNT THE DAYS. My stories appear in literary journals on both sides of the Atlantic, and have won the Bristol Short Story Prize, The Fiddlehead Best Fiction Award, the Lush Triumphant Literary Award, and numerous other accolades. A recovering army medic, tree planter, radio announcer, and high school English teacher, I now spend my time podcasting, writing, teaching, and figuring out what it means to be a family man.
I am an adjunct instructor of Creative writing.
I am an award-winning novelist and short story writer and certified writing teacher who has been helping other writers craft their stories for more than two decades.