Peter Darbyshire

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Peter Darbyshire is a Canadian journalist, blogger and author. [1] An editor and journalist with Canadian newspaper The Province and a self-published blogger and cartoonist, [2] he has published literary fiction under his own name and fantasy literature under the pen name Peter Roman. [3]

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He won the ReLit Award for fiction in 2003 for his novel Please. [4]

Works

Standalone works and short stories

Includes standalone stories, novelettes, and novellas.

Book of Cross series

Writing as Peter Roman.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Resistance is futile; But Vancouver novelist Peter Darbyshire does his best in satire on consumerism". Edmonton Journal , July 11, 2010.
  2. Barmak, Sarah (21 May 2010). "When the revolution comes". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Sacrifice writer Roman skilled and unhinged". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix , August 3, 2013.
  4. 1 2 "Darbyshire wins award for debut novel". Ottawa Citizen , June 24, 2003.
  5. "Why I took the e-book route". Ottawa Citizen , March 20, 2011.
  6. "Followup another Cross to bear; Darbyshire's big dumb fun book is actually whip smart". Vancouver Sun , March 7, 2015.
  7. "Once more into the depths; Peter Roman is back, and so is his anti-hero Cross". Vancouver Sun , March 19, 2016.