Brian Fawcett

BRIAN FAWCETT is the author of six books of poetry, six books of non-fiction, and eight books of fiction, including My Career with the Leafs and the critically acclaimed Last of the Lumbermen. His book Virtual Clearcut: Or, the Way Things Are in My Home Town won the Pearson Prize for non-fiction in 2004 and Human Happiness (2011) was shortlisted for the BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction. Formerly a columnist for The Globe and Mail and an editor at Books in Canada, he is, with Stan...See more

BRIAN FAWCETT is the author of six books of poetry, six books of non-fiction, and eight books of fiction, including My Career with the Leafs and the critically acclaimed Last of the Lumbermen. His book Virtual Clearcut: Or, the Way Things Are in My Home Town won the Pearson Prize for non-fiction in 2004 and Human Happiness (2011) was shortlisted for the BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction. Formerly a columnist for The Globe and Mail and an editor at Books in Canada, he is, with Stan Persky, a founding editor and contributor to dooneyscafe.com. Fawcett was born in Prince George, BC, and temporarily lives in Toronto. See less