Greg Kearney
| Greg Kearney | |
|---|---|
| Born | Kenora, Ontario Canada |
| Occupation | novelist, short story writer, playwright |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Period | 2000s-present |
| Notable work(s) | Pretty, The Desperates |
Greg Kearney is a Canadian writer. Formerly a humor columnist for Xtra! from 1999 to 2005,[1] he published his debut short story collection Mommy Daddy Baby in 2004.[2]
Originally from Kenora, Ontario,[3] he is currently based in Toronto, where he studied theatre at York University.[3]
He was awarded an Honour of Distinction from the Dayne Ogilvie Prize in 2009,[4] and his second short story collection Pretty, published in 2011, won a ReLit Award in the short fiction category in 2012.[5]
His first novel, The Desperates, was published by Cormorant Books in 2013.[6]
He has also written several short plays for Buddies in Bad Times' annual Rhubarb Festival and Theatre Passe Muraille,[7] including Fruits and Crosses, Margot and the Great Big Plate, The Cry Sisters, The Betty Dean Fanzine, (555) 555 5555[8] and Cancun.[9] Cancun appears in the Sky Gilbert-edited anthology Perfectly Abnormal: Seven Gay Plays, published by Playwrights Canada Press in 2006, alongside plays by Harry Rintoul, Shawn Postoff, Christian Lloyd, Greg MacArthur, Ken Brand and Michael Achtman.[10]
Works
- Mommy Daddy Baby (2004, ISBN 978-1894692090)
- Pretty (2011, ISBN 978-1550962208)
- The Desperates (2013, ISBN 978-1770863026)
References
- ↑ "Greg Kearney bids farewell". Xtra!, September 14, 2005.
- ↑ "Mommy Daffy Baby". Quill & Quire, February 2005.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Crazy wisdom". Xtra!, November 10, 2004.
- ↑ "Toronto novelist wins award for emerging gay writer". CBC News, June 9, 2009.
- ↑ "ReLit Awards 2012 winners announced". Quill & Quire, October 30, 2012.
- ↑ "Self-Doubt, Self-Sabotage & No Edit Button". In Toronto, November 2013.
- ↑ Greg Kearney plays listing at doollee.com.
- ↑ "Rhubarb and Cheese, Rhubarb and Cheese, Rhubarb and Cheese…". Torontoist, February 2, 2005.
- ↑ "Rhubarb Profile: Cancun". BlogTO, February 10, 2006.
- ↑ Perfectly Abnormal: Seven Gay Plays. Playwrights Canada Press, 2006. ISBN 978-0887548529.