William Kennedy, the author of "Ironweed", has called Douglas Glover "a very astute literary mind and an excellent writer . . . a writer of substance," and Philip Marchand has called him "one of the most important Canadian writers of his generation." Even though he is always working outside the box, his books have gained acclaim from the most attentive critics. "A Guide to Animal Behaviour" was a finalist for the Governor General# s Award; H.J. Kirchoff selected "The Life and Times of Captain N." as a "Globe and Mail" top-ten paperback of 2001; and "16 Categories of Desire" was a finalist for the Rogers Writers' Trust Award for Fiction. Douglas Glover is a Canadian itinerant. He grew up on the family tobacco farm in southwestern Ontario, studied philosophy at York University and the University of Edinburgh, then worked on a series of daily newspapers in New Brunswick, Ontario, Quebec and Saskatchewan before earning his MFA at the Iowa Wri
