Wayne Johnston (1) (1958–)
Author of The Colony of Unrequited Dreams
For other authors named Wayne Johnston, see the disambiguation page.
About the Author
Wayne Johnston was born in Goulds, Newfoundland in 1958. He graduated with a B.A. in English from Memorial University of Newfoundland in 1978. He worked from 1978-1981 as a newspaper reporter with the St. John's Daily News. In 1981, he decided to write fiction full-time. In 1983, he graduated with show more an M.A. in creative writing from the University of New Brunswick. His first book, The Story of Bobby O'Malley, won the W.H. Smith/Books in Canada First Novel Award in 1985. His other works include The Divine Ryans, which won the 1991 Thomas Head Raddall Award and was adapted into a movie, Baltimore's Mansion, which won the Charles Taylor Prize, The Colony of Unrequited Dreams, The Navigator of New York, and The Custodian of Paradise. (Bowker Author Biography) Wayne Johnston was born and raised in Newfoundland and now lives in Toronto. show less
Image credit: Wayne Johnston at the Eden Mills Writers' Festival in 2013 By Dan Harasymchuk - Dan Harasymchuk, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=65663234
Series
Works by Wayne Johnston
Associated Works
Lost Classics: Writers on Books Loved and Lost, Overlooked, Under-read, Unavailable, Stolen, Extinct, or Otherwise Out… (2000) — Contributor — 300 copies
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- Canonical name
- Johnston, Wayne
- Birthdate
- 1958
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Canada
- Birthplace
- St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
- Places of residence
- Goulds, Newfoundland, Canada
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Education
- Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada (BA|English)
University of New Brunswick (MA|Creative Writing) - Occupations
- novelist
journalist
Distinguished Chair in Creative Writing, Hollins University, Roanoke, Virginia, USA (2004- ) - Awards and honors
- Writers' Trust Engel/Findley Award (2011)
Leacock Medal for Humour (2023)
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Statistics
- Works
- 14
- Also by
- 2
- Members
- 2,846
- Popularity
- #9,017
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 67
- ISBNs
- 98
- Languages
- 2
- Favorited
- 12