CARY FAGAN is the author of eight novels and six short story collections. He has won many awards, including a Foreward Indies Silver Award for Humor, the Canadian Jewish Literary Award for Fiction, and the Toronto Book Award. He has also been nominated for various prizes, including the Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction, the Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Award, and the Giller Prize. Fagan's work has been translated into French, Italian, German, Dutch, Spanish, Catalan, Turkish, Russian, Polish, Chinese, Korean and Persian, and he is also a "beloved" (Quill & Quire) author of books for children. He lives in Toronto.
