Clifford Jackman | |
|---|---|
| Born | Deep River, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Genre | Novelist, short stories |
| Notable works | The Winter Family |
Clifford Jackman is a Canadian lawyer and writer. He is best known for his 2015 novel The Winter Family, which was a longlisted nominee for the Scotiabank Giller Prize[1] and a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction.[2]
Born in Deep River, Ontario, Canada and raised in Ottawa,[3] Jackman studied English literature at York University and law at Osgoode Hall Law School. He was called to the Bar of Ontario in 2009, and practices law in Guelph, Ontario.[3]
Prior to The Winter Family, Jackman published two volumes of short stories and a mystery novel with Manor House Publishing. The Winter Family was his first book to be published by Random House of Canada.[3]
Works
- Deeper
- Jackman's Cliff
- The Black Box
- The Winter Family (2015)
- The Braver Thing (2020)[4]
References
- ↑ "Giller Prize long list isn’t short of Montrealers" Archived 2020-08-04 at the Wayback Machine. Montreal Gazette, September 15, 2014.
- ↑ "Governor-General’s Literary Awards announces finalists". The Globe and Mail, October 7, 2014.
- 1 2 3 "The Winter Family has bloody good time". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, May 2, 2015.
- ↑ "47 works of Canadian fiction to watch for in spring 2020". CBC Books, February 5, 2020.
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