Steven Price | |
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Born | Victoria, British Columbia |
Occupation | poet, novelist |
Nationality | Canadian |
Period | 2000s-present |
Notable works | The Anatomy of Keys |
Spouse | Esi Edugyan |
Steven Price (born in Victoria, British Columbia) is a Canadian poet and novelist.
He graduated from the University of Victoria with a BFA in 2000, [1] and from the University of Virginia with an MFA, in poetry. [2]
He teaches poetry and fiction at the University of Victoria. [3] He lives with his partner, novelist Esi Edugyan, in Victoria, British Columbia. [4]
Price lives in Victoria, British Columbia, and is married to Canadian novelist Esi Edugyan. Their first child was born in August 2011, [10] their second in 2014. [11]
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