Helen Humphreys

Helen
Humphreys

Helen Humphreys is the author of four books of poetry, six novels, and two works of creative non-fiction. Her novel, Wild Dogs won the Lambda Prize for fiction, has been optioned for film, and was produced as a stage play. Coventry was a national bestseller and was shortlisted for the Trillium Book Award and the Canadian Authors Association Award for Fiction. It was also a New York Times Editors’ Choice. The Reinvention of Love was longlisted for the Dublin Impac Literary Award and shortlisted for the Canadian Authors Association Award for Fiction.

The Evening Chorus is her latest novel. The recipient of the Harbourfront Festival Prize for literary excellence, Humphreys lives in Kingston, Ontario.

Helen Humphreys is the author of four books of poetry, six novels, and two works of creative non-fiction. Her novel, Wild Dogs won the Lambda Prize for fiction, has been optioned for film, and was produced as a stage play. Coventry was a national bestseller and was shortlisted for the Trillium Book Award and the Canadian Authors Association Award for Fiction. It was also a New York Times Editors’ Choice. The Reinvention of Love was longlisted for the Dublin Impac Literary Award and shortlisted for the Canadian Authors Association Award for Fiction.

The Evening Chorus is her latest novel. The recipient of the Harbourfront Festival Prize for literary excellence, Humphreys lives in Kingston, Ontario.

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