Brian Payton

Brian Payton is a writer of fiction and nonfiction.

Born in Los Angeles County in 1966, Payton lived in California, Illinois, Texas, New Mexico, and Alaska before settling in British Columbia at the age of 16. He was educated at the Seminary of Christ the King and the University of Victoria.

Payton’s critically-praised first novel, "Hail Mary Corner" (Beach Holme), is a dark and comic coming-of-age tale based on his experience living among fellow seminarians and Benedictine monks. His nonfiction writing about adventure, wildlife, and the environment has appeared in "The New York Times", "The Los Angeles Times", "The Chicago Tribune", "The Boston Globe", "The Globe and Mail", and "Canadian Geographic". In both 2001 and 2002, his work also earned a Lowell Thomas Silver Award for best North American travel essay from the Society of American Travel Writers.

"Shadow of the Bear: Travels in Vanishing Wilderness" is published by Bloomsbury (USA) and Viking Press (Canada). A work of narrative nonfiction, it chronicles a personal search for the eight remaining bear species across continents, cultures, and memory.

A MacDowell Fellow, Payton lives with his wife in Vancouver, where he meets with fellow members of the FCC, a collective of nonfiction writers who write about people, places, animals, ideas, and food.

Bibliography

Fiction

"Hail Mary Corner" (2001) ISBN 0-88878-422-8

Nonfiction

"Literary Trips: Following in the Footsteps of Fame, Vol. 2" (anthology, 2001) ISBN 0-9686137-1-3 "Shadow of the Bear: Travels in Vanishing Wilderness" (2006) ISBN 1-59691-198-0

External links

* [http://www.brianpayton.com Brian Payton’s homepage]