John Steffler

John Steffler is the author of six books of poetry, including The Grey Islands (M&S, 1985, Brick Books, 2000), That Night We were Ravenous (M&S, 1998),  Helix: New and Selected Poems (Vehicule, 2003), and Lookout (M&S, 2010).  His novel The Afterlife of George Cartwright (M&S, 1992) won the Smithbooks/Books in Canada First Novel Award and the Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award and was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Award and the Commonwealth First Novel Award.  His poetry awards include the Atlantic Poetry Prize and the Newfoundland and Labrador Poetry Prize.  He has served as writer-in-residence at Concordia University, Saint Mary’s University, and the University of New Brunswick.  Originally from Ontario, he lived for many years in Corner Brook, Newfoundland where he taught in the Department of English at Memorial University’s Grenfell College.  From 2006 to 2009 he served as Parliamentary Poet Laureate of Canada.