Andrew Steinmetz
Andrew Steinmetz is the author of five previous books. His memoir of his cousin's escape from Nazi Germany, This Great Escape: The Case of Michael Paryla , was a finalist for the 2013 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction. His 2009 memoir of his mother's life, Eva's Threepenny Theatre , won the City of Ottawa Book Award and was a finalist for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. A life-long musician, Steinmetz formed the band Weather Permitting in 1985. In the 1990s, he was a...See more
Andrew Steinmetz is the author of five previous books. His memoir of his cousin's escape from Nazi Germany, This Great Escape: The Case of Michael Paryla , was a finalist for the 2013 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction. His 2009 memoir of his mother's life, Eva's Threepenny Theatre , won the City of Ottawa Book Award and was a finalist for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. A life-long musician, Steinmetz formed the band Weather Permitting in 1985. In the 1990s, he was a member of the alt-country band Good Cookies. See less