Thomas Wharton

Thomas Wharton, PhD, (born 25 February 1963) is a Canadian novelist.

Born in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Wharton attended the University of Alberta and the University of Calgary. He was a student of Rudy Wiebe and Greg Hollingshead. His first novel began as his M.A. thesis, under the supervision of Kristjana Gunnars. He worked on his PhD at Calgary with Aritha van Herk. Wharton is currently a professor of writing and english at the University of Alberta, and head of the creative writing department.

Wharton's first book, "Icefields" (1995), was awarded the “Best First Book” in the Canada and Caribbean division of the Commonwealth Writers Prize, the Writers Guild of Alberta “Best First Book Award”, and the Banff Book Festival grand prize.

His second book, "Salamander" (2002), won the Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction and was short-listed for the Governor General's Award for Fiction and the Grant MacEwan Author's Award (2002). It was also a finalist for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize.

"The Logogryph" was short listed for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. [CBC: [http://www.cbc.ca/calgary/story/ca-wharton20060405.html Wharton shortlisted for richest literary prize] .]

Wharton's 'Icefields' was a finalist in the Canada Reads competition in early 2008.

Bibliography

*"Icefields". Edmonton: NeWest, 1995 ISBN 0-671-00220-1
*"Salamander". Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2001 ISBN 0-7434-4415-9
*"The Logogryph: A Bibliography of Imaginary Books". Kentville, Nova Scotia: Gaspereau, 2004 ISBN 1-894031-93-8

References

External links

* [http://www.athabascau.ca/writers/wharton.html Canadian Writers: Thomas Wharton]
** [http://www.athabascau.ca/writers/wharton_biblio.html Selected Bibliography for Thomas Wharton]
* [http://www.newestpress.com/bios/wharton.html NeWest Press: Thomas Wharton Bio]
* [http://www.macleans.ca/culture/books/article.jsp?content=50980 Macleans: Magic and real life]
* [http://www.quillandquire.com/authors/profile.cfm?article_id=2051 Quill & Quire Author Profile: Captain Marvel]
* [http://logogryph.blogspot.com/ Author's blog]