Chris Scott (writer)
| Chris Scott | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1945 Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England |
| Occupation | novelist, short story writer |
| Nationality | English-Canadian |
| Period | 1970s-2000s |
| Notable works | Antichthon, Jack |
Chris Scott (born 1945 in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England)[1] is an English-Canadian writer. His novel Antichthon was a nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 1982 Governor General's Awards,[2] and his novel Jack won the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Novel in 1989.[3]
Educated at the University of Hull, Manchester University and the University of Pennsylvania, Scott taught for several years at York University in Toronto.[4] He became a Canadian citizen in 1975,[1] and resided on a farm in Lanark County, Ontario during much of his writing career.[3]
He is noted for his mixture of genre literature with experimental fiction; Antichthon, for example, applied the format and tropes of a contemporary spy novel to a historical retelling of the 1593 heresy trial of Giordano Bruno,[5] Jack took as its premise that Thomas Neill Cream, a Scottish-Canadian doctor and murderer, was the real Jack the Ripper,[1] and Quabe's World was a satire of the 20th century trend toward scientific classification of humanity.[4]
He has also been a contributor to CBC Radio and a book reviewer for Books in Canada and The Globe and Mail.[4]
Works
- Bartleby (1971)
- To Catch a Spy (1978)
- Antichthon (1982)
- Hitler's Bomb (1984)
- The Heretic (1985)
- Jack (1987)
- Quabe's World (2002)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Ripper from Ottawa Valley?" Ottawa Citizen, January 7, 1989.
- ↑ "Finalists declared in literary awards". The Globe and Mail, May 25, 1983.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Farmer in spring, award-winning writer in winter". Ottawa Citizen, June 15, 1989.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Chris Scott fonds. - 1969-1984. Library and Archives Canada.
- ↑ W. H. New, A History of Canadian Literature. McGill-Queen's University Press, 2003. ISBN 9780773571365. p. 273.