Cary Fagan

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Cary Fagan (born 1957) is a Canadian writer who has published novels, short stories and books for children. His widely praised adult novel, A Bird's Eye, has been shortlisted for the 2013 Writer's Trust Award. Previously, his novel Valentine's Fall was nominated for the 2010 Toronto Book Award.[1] Since publishing his first original children's book in 2001, he has published 12 children's titles.[2]

Personal life

Cary Fagan was born in 1957 in Toronto, Ontario. He grew up in the Toronto suburbs and attended the University of Toronto, graduating with a degree in English and winning eight student awards.[3] He has lived for short periods in London and New York City, and now lives in Toronto He is married to Rebecca Comay, a member of the philosophy department at the University of Toronto. He has two daughters and two step-sons. Along with Bernard Kelly, he co-publishes and edits the small press, paperplates books.[4]

Prizes and honours

  • 1990 Finalist, Toronto Book Awards (for City Hall and Mrs. God)
  • 1994 Jewish Book Award for Fiction (for The Animals' Waltz)
  • 2000 Sydney Taylor Honor Book (U.S.) (for The Market Wedding)
  • 2004 World Storytelling Award (U.S.) (for The Market Wedding)
  • 2004 Silver Birch Award Honour Book (for The Fortress of Kaspar Snit)
  • 2008 Finalist, TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award (for Thing-Thing)
  • 2008 Silver Birch Express Award Honour Book (for Ten Lessons for Kaspar Snit)
  • 2008 Finalist, Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award (for Thing-Thing)
  • 2009 Quill & Quire Book of the Year (for Jacob Two-Two on the High Seas)
  • 2010 Finalist, Toronto Book Awards (for Valentine's Fall)
  • 2012 Longlisted, Scotiabank Giller Prize (for My Life Among the Apes)

Bibliography

Novels

Children's fiction

Short stories

  • History Lessons (1990) Hounslow
  • The Little Black Dress (1993) Mercury Press
  • The Doctor’s House and other Fictions (2000) Stoddart
  • My Life Among the Apes (2012) Cormorant

Non-fiction

  • City Hall and Mrs. God: A Passionate Journey Through a Changing Toronto (1990) Mercury Press

References

  1. ↑ Toronto Book Awards
  2. ↑ Quill & Quire, January 2008
  3. ↑ Cary Fagan web site
  4. ↑ Cormorant Books web site

External links

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