D. R. MacDonald
| D. R. MacDonald | |
|---|---|
| Born |
David R. MacDonald Boularderie, Nova Scotia |
| Occupation | novelist, short story writer |
| Nationality | Canadian-American |
| Period | 1980s-present |
| Notable works | Cape Breton Road, Lauchlin of the Bad Heart |
D. R. MacDonald is the pen name of David R. MacDonald, a Canadian-American writer who publishes novels and short stories.[1] Born in Boularderie, Nova Scotia and raised in Ohio, he is a professor emeritus of creative writing at Stanford University.[2] He still spend summers at the family homestead in Cape Breton Island, which he purchased in 1971, and his fiction is set in Cape Breton.[1]
His novel Lauchlin of the Bad Heart was a longlisted nominee for the Scotiabank Giller Prize in 2007.
Works
- Eyestone (1988, short stories)
- Cape Breton Road (2001, novel)
- All the Men Are Sleeping (2002, short stories)
- Lauchlin of the Bad Heart (2007, novel)
- Anna From Away (2012, novel)
- The Ice Bridge (2013, novel)
References
- 1 2 "D.R. MacDonald: Homing instinct". Quill & Quire, October 2007.
- ↑ "New fiction: ‘The Ice Bridge,’ by D.R. MacDonald". Washington Post, July 29, 2013.
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