Steven Price (writer)

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Steven Price
Born Victoria, British Columbia
Occupationpoet, novelist
NationalityCanadian
Period2000s-present
Notable worksThe Anatomy of Keys
Spouse Esi Edugyan

Steven Price (born in Victoria, British Columbia) is a Canadian poet and novelist.

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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]

Awards

Works

Poetry

Fiction

Personal life

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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References

  1. "Communications + Marketing - University of Victoria".
  2. "Steven Price » Greater Victoria Public Library | Literacy, lifelong learning and community enrichment for all". Archived from the original on November 23, 2010. Retrieved June 21, 2010.
  3. http://www.cura.uvic.ca/writing/faculty/price/%5B%5D
  4. Donna Bailey Nurse, "Writing the blues". Quill & Quire , July 2011.
  5. "About us". Archived from the original on 2008-11-18. Retrieved 2010-06-21.
  6. "And the winners of the 2013 ReLit Awards are...." Archived January 31, 2014, at the Wayback Machine . The Province , December 20, 2013.
  7. Scotiabank Giller Prize "2016 Longlist". Retrieved September 7, 2016.
  8. Deborah Dundas, "Michael Crummey, Ian Williams are in, Margaret Atwood and André Alexis are out on Giller Prize short list". Toronto Star , September 30, 2019.
  9. Robert J. Wiersema, "Sheer joy comes through in “Ordinary Monsters,” a ‘debut novel’ under a pseudonym by one of Canada’s best-known writers". Toronto Star , June 17, 2022.
  10. Marsha Lederman, "Esi Edugyan: A new baby, and an armful of literary-award nominations", The Globe and Mail, October 7, 2011.
  11. Adrian Chamberlain, "Victoria writer Steven Price scores international book deal", Times Colonist, November 13, 2014.