Steven Heighton

Steven Heighton

Steven Heighton (born 1961 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian novelist and poet. His debut novel, "The Shadow Boxer", was a Canadian bestseller in 2000.

From 1988 to 1994, Heighton was the editor of "Quarry", a Canadian literary magazine. He currently lives in Kingston, Ontario.

Books by Steven Heighton

Fiction

*"Flight Paths of the Emperor" (1993, short fiction)
*"On Earth as it Is" (1995, short fiction)
*"The Shadow Boxer" (2000, novel)
*"Afterlands" (2005, novel)

Poetry

*"Stalin's Carnival" (1989)
*"Foreign Ghosts" (1990)
*"The Ecstasy of Skeptics" (1995)
*"The Address Book" (2004)

Non-Fiction

*"The Admen Move on Lhasa" (1997, essays)

External links

* [http://www.stevenheighton.com Author's website]
* [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0010890 Steven Heighton's] entry in [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=HomePage&Params=A1 The Canadian Encyclopedia]


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