<link href="../Styles/default.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/> <style type="text/css"> /*<![CDATA[*/ p.author { font-family: serif; font-size: 0.80em; line-height: 1.20em; margin-bottom: 1.0em; text-align: left; } .award { font-family: serif; font-size: 0.80em; line-height: 1.20em; margin-bottom: 0em; text-align: left; margin-left: 1.0em; text-indent: -1.0em; } .authorimg { text-align: center; } /*]]>*/ </style> <meta content="urn:uuid:005046d3-32b6-4a73-9517-95b5a40ac30f" name="Adept.expected.resource"/> </head> <body> <h1 id="heading_id_2" title="About the Author"/> <p class="authorimg"><img alt="Author Photo" src="../Images/maillard.jpg"/></p> <p class="author"><span class="smallcaps">KEITH MAILLARD</span> was born and raised in Wheeling, West Virginia, the inspiration for the fictional town of Raysburg, which serves as the setting for many of his novels. He has been a musician, a contributor to <span class="smallcaps">CBC</span> Radio, a freelance photographer and journalist, and a designer of distance education courses. His reviews, poems, and essays have appeared in many journals, ranging from <i>Event</i> to <i>Flare</i>. He is currently a Professor at the University of British Columbia where he teaches creative writing. He lives in Vancouver with his wife and two daughters.</p> <p class="author"><span class="smallcaps">AWARDS</span></p> <p class="award">West Virginia Library Association Literary Merit Award, 2004</p> <p class="award"><i>The Clarinet Polka</i>: Winner, Polish American Historical Association’s Creative Arts Prize, 2005</p> <p class="award"><i>Gloria</i>: shortlisted, Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction, 1999.</p> <p class="award"><i>Hazard Zones</i>: shortlisted, Commonwealth Literary Prize, 1996.</p> <p class="award"><i>Dementia Americana</i>: winner, Gerald Lampert Award, 1995.</p> <p class="award"><i>Light in the Company of Women</i>: runner-up, Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, 1994.</p> <p class="award"><i>Motet</i>: winner, Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, 1990.</p> </body> </html>