Michael Redhill

Last updated • 3 min readFrom Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Michael Redhill
Michael Redhill - Eden Mills Writers Festival - 2017 (DanH-1389) (cropped).jpg
Pen nameInger Ash Wolfe
Children2

Michael Redhill (born 12 June 1966) is an American-born Canadian poet, playwright and novelist. [1] He also writes under the pseudonym Inger Ash Wolfe. [2]

Contents

Early life and education

Redhill was born in Baltimore, Maryland and raised in the metropolitan Toronto, Ontario area. [3] He pursued one year of study at Indiana University, and then returned to Canada, completing his education at York University and the University of Toronto.

Career

Redhill worked on the editorial board of Coach House Press from 1993 to 1996, and was the publisher of the Canadian literary magazine Brick from 2000 to 2009. In 2001 his novel Martin Sloane was shortlisted for the Giller Prize. [4] He won the Giller Prize in 2017 for his novel Bellevue Square . [5]

His newest poetry book, Twitch Force, was published in 2019. [6] [7]

Work as Inger Ash Wolfe

In 2012, Redhill revealed that he is also the author of novels published under the pen name Inger Ash Wolfe, [8] described by the publishers of Wolfe's 2008 mystery as a pseudonym for a "well-known and well-regarded North American literary novelist". The pseudonym was originally to be Inger Wolf until it was recognized that a Danish crime writer already uses that name. [9]

As Wolfe, Redhill published his first mystery novel The Calling in 2008, released simultaneously in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom. While the book received good reviews, speculation as to the author's real identity played a large role in many of them. Canadian reviewers suggested Linda Spalding, Michael Redhill, Jane Urquhart and David Adams Richards, among others. [10] American reviewers suggested Margaret Atwood, and Farley Mowat. [11] The second novel by Wolfe, The Taken, was published in 2010. The third, A Door in the River, was published in 2012. Each of the books features series detective Hazel Micallef. The fourth novel in the series, The Night Bell, was published in 2015. In August 2014, a film version of The Calling was released, starring Susan Sarandon as Hazel Micallef.

Publications

Poetry

Fiction

Fiction as Inger Ash Wolfe

Drama

Anthologies

Awards

Building Jerusalem

Martin Sloane

Consolation

Bellevue Square

Other awards

Personal life

Redhill has two sons and lives in Toronto. [13]

He had CA$411.46 left in his bank account when he cashed the CA$100,000 Giller Prize cheque for Bellevue Square . [13]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jane Urquhart</span> Canadian novelist and poet

Jane Urquhart, LL.D is a Canadian novelist and poet. She is the internationally acclaimed author of seven award-winning novels, three books of poetry and numerous short stories. As a novelist, Urquhart is well known for her evocative style which blends history with the present day. Her first novel, The Whirlpool, gained her international recognition when she became the first Canadian to win France's prestigious Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger. Her subsequent novels were even more successful. Away, published in 1993, won the Trillium Award and was a national bestseller. In 1997, her fourth novel, The Underpainter, won the Governor General's Literary Award.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michael Ondaatje</span> Canadian novelist and poet

Philip Michael Ondaatje is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian poet, fiction writer, essayist, novelist, editor, and filmmaker.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Giller Prize</span> Canadian literary award

The Giller Prize, is a literary award given to a Canadian author of a novel or short story collection published in English the previous year, after an annual juried competition between publishers who submit entries. The prize was established in 1994 by Toronto businessman Jack Rabinovitch in honour of his late wife Doris Giller, a former literary editor at the Toronto Star, and is awarded in November of each year along with a cash reward with the winner being presented by the previous year's winning author.

George Harry Bowering, is a prolific Canadian novelist, poet, historian, and biographer. He was the first Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Austin Clarke (novelist)</span> Barbadian writer (1934–2016)

Austin Ardinel Chesterfield "Tom" Clarke,, was a Barbadian novelist, essayist, and short story writer who was based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Among his notable books are novels such as The Polished Hoe (2002), memoirs including Membering (2015), and two collections of poetry, Where the Sun Shines Best (2013) and In Your Crib (2015).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lynn Coady</span> Canadian novelist and journalist

Lynn Coady is a Canadian novelist and journalist.

Lynn Crosbie is a Canadian poet and novelist. She teaches at the University of Toronto.

Christopher Dewdney is a prize-winning Canadian poet and essayist. His poetry reflects his interest in natural history. His book Acquainted with the Night, an investigation into darkness was nominated for both the Charles Taylor Prize and the Governor General's Award.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Erín Moure</span> Canadian poet and translator of verse (born 1955)

Erín Moure Erín Moure is a Canadian poet and translator with 18 books of poetry, a coauthored book of poetry, a volume of essays, a book of articles on translation, a poetics, and two memoirs; she has translated or co-translated 21 books of poetry and two of biopoetics from French, Spanish, Galician, Portuguese, and Ukrainian, by poets such as Nicole Brossard, Andrés Ajens, Chantal Neveu, Rosalía de Castro, Chus Pato, Uxío Novoneyra, Lupe Gómez, Fernando Pessoa, and Yuri Izdryk. Three of her own books have appeared in translation, one each in German, Galician, and French. Her work has received the Governor General’s Award twice, Pat Lowther Memorial Award, A. M. Klein Prize twice, and has been a three-time finalist for the Griffin Prize and three-time finalist in the USA for a Best Translated Book Award (Poetry). Her latest is The Elements (2019) and Theophylline: an a-poretic migration will appear in 2023. Her work is rooted in a philosophical mix that accepts mystery, not always immediately accessible, and she has won several prizes, including the Governor General's Award twice.

Sharon Thesen is a Canadian poet who lives in Lake Country, British Columbia. She teaches at University of British Columbia Okanagan.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Steven Heighton</span> Canadian writer (1961–2022)

Steven Heighton was a Canadian fiction writer, poet, and singer-songwriter. He is the author of eighteen books, including three short story collections, four novels, and seven poetry collections. His last work was Selected Poems 1983-2020 and an album, The Devil's Share.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dennis Lee (author)</span> Canadian poet, teacher, editor, and critic

Dennis Beynon Lee is a Canadian poet, teacher, editor, and critic born in Toronto, Ontario. He is also a children's writer, well known for his book of children's rhymes, Alligator Pie.

Bill Gaston is a Canadian novelist, playwright and short story writer. Gaston grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Toronto, Ontario, and North Vancouver, British Columbia. Aside from teaching at various universities, he has worked as a logger, salmon fishing guide, group home worker and, most exotically, playing hockey in the south of France. He is married with four children, including filmmaker Connor Gaston, and lives in Victoria BC, where he teaches at the University of Victoria.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Elizabeth Hay (novelist)</span> Canadian novelist and short story writer (born 1951)

Elizabeth Grace Hay is a Canadian novelist and short story writer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michael Crummey</span> Canadian poet and writer

Michael Crummey is a Canadian poet and a writer of historical fiction. His writing often draws on the history and landscape of Newfoundland and Labrador.

<i>Martin Sloane</i> 2001 novel by Michael Redhill

Martin Sloane is Canadian author Michael Redhill's first novel, published in 2001 by Doubleday Canada. The novel explores the disappearance of Martin Sloane, a reclusive collage artist from Toronto, through the eyes of Jolene, a young woman from Bloomington, Indiana with whom he had a longstanding casual romantic relationship.

Kevin Michael Connolly is a Canadian poet, editor, and teacher who was born in Biloxi, Mississippi and grew up in Maple, Ontario. Connolly has served as an editor for presses such as ECW Press, Coach House Press, McClelland & Stewart, and he is currently the poetry editor at House of Anansi Press. He has edited and published more than 60 full-length poetry collections, many of them debuts.

Adam Sol is a Canadian-American poet.

Kaie Kellough is a Canadian poet and novelist. He was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, raised in Calgary, Alberta, and in 1998 moved to Montreal, Quebec, where he lives.

<i>Bellevue Square</i> (novel) 2017 novel by Michael Redhill

Bellevue Square is a Canadian novel by Michael Redhill, published by Doubleday Canada in 2017.

References

  1. Michael Redhill at The Canadian Encyclopedia
  2. "Michael Redhill Wins 2017 Giller Prize". Canadian Press, 11/20/2017. Victoria Ahearn
  3. "Giller Prize winner Michael Redhill on literature and living in Toronto". The Globe and Mail, December 3, 2017
  4. "Giller prize will help author Michael Redhill make ends meet". Toronto Star, Deborah Dundas, Nov. 20, 2017
  5. Ahearn, Victoria (November 20, 2017). "Michael Redhill wins Scotiabank Giller Prize". CTV News.
  6. "20 works of Canadian poetry to check out in spring 2019". CBC Books, January 25, 2019.
  7. "Twitch Force by Michael Redhill". Quill & Quire, April, 2019.
  8. Michael Redhill, "The real Inger Ash Wolfe stands up". The Globe and Mail , July 27, 2012.
  9. Sarah Weinman, "Inger Ash Wolfe Responds", February 6, 2008
  10. This list comes from a review by Mary Jo Anderson in The Nova Scotian: "Who is Mystery Writer: Speculation Abounds on ID of 'Inger Ash Wolfe", May 25, 2008. See also: Vit Wagner, "Book mystery: Who is Inger Ash Wolfe?: Speculation about identity of crime novel's pseudonymous author creates buzz for forthcoming book", February 17, 2008, Toronto Star.
  11. Michael Sims, "'The Calling' by Inger Ash Wolfe: A woman detective must unmask and stop a vicious serial killer in rural Canada", LA Times Book Review, May 5, 2008.
  12. "'All art is failed art.' Michael Redhill on being comfortable with failure". CBC News, Ryan B. Patrick · November 20, 2017
  13. 1 2 Doherty, Brennan (November 23, 2017). "Michael Redhill had $411 in the bank before depositing $100,000 Giller Prize cheque". Toronto Star .