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Steven Heighton

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Born: August 13 1961

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Steven Heighton is a Canadian novelist, short story writer and poet. He is the author of ten books, including two short story collections, three novels, and five poetry collections.[1] His most recent novel, Every Lost Country, was published in 2010.

Heighton was born in Toronto, Ontario, and earned a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degree, at Queens University.[2]

Heighton's most recent books are the novel Every Lost Country [3] and the poetry collection Patient Frame .[4]

Heighton is also the author of the novel Afterlands ,which appeared in six countries.[5] The book has recently been optioned for film. Steven Heighton's debut novel, The Shadow Boxer , a story about a young poet-boxer and his struggles growing up, also appeared in five countries.[6]

His work has been translated into ten languages and widely anthologised.[7] His books have been nominated for the Governor General’s Award, the Trillium Award, the Journey Prize, a Pushcart Prize, and Britain’s W.H. Smith Award .[8] He has received the Gerald Lampert Award, gold medals for fiction and for poetry in the National Magazine Awards, the Air Canada Award, and the 2002 Petra Kenney Prize. Flight Paths of the Emperor has been listed at Amazon.ca as one of the ten best Canadian short story collections.[9]

Heighton has been the writer-in-residence at McArthur College, Queen's University and The University of Ottawa.[10] He has also participated in several workshops including the Summer Literary Seminars, poetry work shop, in St. Petersburg, Russia , and the Writing with Style, short fiction workshop, in Banff, Alberta .[11]

Heighton currently lives in Kingston, Ontario with his family.[12]

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Books from Steven Heighton

The Nightingale Won't Let You Sleep

Afterlands

Every Lost Country

The Dead Are More Visible

The Shadow Boxer

Reaching Mithymna

Workbook: Memos & Dispatches on Writing

Flight Paths of the Emperor

The Waking Comes Late

The Notebooks: Interviews and New Fiction from Contemporary Writers

Earlit Shorts 3

Beyond Forgetting: Celebrating 100 Years of Al Purdy

The Virtues of Disillusionment

Richard Outram: Essays On His Works

Musings: An Anthology of Greek-Canadian Literature

Event Poetry and Prose 49/1 : Non-fiction Contest Issue

On Earth as it is

The Stray and the Strangers

On Earth As It Is

Murder in the Dark