Patrick deWitt

Patrick deWitt ( born 1975 on Vancouver Iceland, British Columbia, Canada ) is a Canadian novelist.

Life

De Witt lived for a time in California before he clipped to Portland, Oregon, where he still lives today. His two previously published novels have won awards.

Honors and Awards

  • 2009: New York Times Editors' Choice book for " Ablutions ".
  • 2011: Shortlisted for the Booker Prize for The Sisters Brothers.
  • 2011: Shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize for The Sisters Brothers.
  • 2011: winner of the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize for The Sisters Brothers.
  • 2011: winner of the Governor General's Award for Fiction for The Sisters Brothers.
  • 2012: winner of the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour for The Sisters Brothers.
  • 2012: Shortlisted for the British Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction for The Sisters Brothers.

Publications

  • 2009: Ablutions, Notes for a Novel. Houghton, Mifflin, Harcourt, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, ISBN 978-0-151014989.
  • 2011: The Sisters Brothers. ECCO, New York City, USA, ISBN 978-0-062041265. 2012: German Markus Ingendaay: The Sisters Brothers. Manhattan, Munich, ISBN 978-3-442-54700-5.
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