Andrew Gray (writer)

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Andrew Gray
Born1968 (age 5556)
Glasgow, Scotland
Occupation Short story writer, novelist
Nationality Canadian
Period2001–present
GenreFiction
Notable worksSmall Accidents
Website
andrewneilgray.com

Andrew Neil Gray (born 1968) is a Scottish-born Canadian short story writer [1] and novelist. In 2014, he was the Creative Writing Program Coordinator at the University of British Columbia, [2] and founder and director of the university's low-residency Master of Fine Arts program. [3] [4]

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Early life and education

Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Gray moved with his family to Canada at the age of eight. [5] While completing an MFA in creative writing from the University of British Columbia he served as executive editor of the periodical Prism. He graduated in 1996. [6]

Career

Gray's short story, "Heart of the Land", was included in The Journey Prize Anthology in 2000. [7]

Gray published his first book of short stories, Small Accidents, in 2001. It contained stories in which medical emergencies lead to interesting life experiences, [8] and was a finalist for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize in 2002. [9] [10] It was also shortlisted for an Independent Publisher Book Award in Fiction in 2003. [11]

Gray edited the 2001 short story book, Write Turns: New Directions in Canadian Fiction, which was reviewed in the November 2001 issue of Quill & Quire. [12]

By 2007, Gray was directing the low-residency program at UBC. [3] He was an early adopter towards the use of the internet to promote writing. [13] In 2011, he was interviewed as an expert for Lori May's book, The Low-Residency MFA Handbook: A Guide for Prospective Creative Writing Students. [14]

In 2014, Gray was the program coordinator for the University of British Columbia Creative Writing Program. [15] [16] That year, he chaired Canada's Writing Conference, an annual national level gathering of writers.

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