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Michael
Crummey

MICHAEL CRUMMEY is the author of seven books of poetry and a collection of short stories. He is also the author of the novels The Wreckage, finalist for the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize; Galore, winner of the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best Novel and finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award; Sweetland, a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award; and The Innocents, finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, and the Governor General’s Literary Award. His most recent novel, The Adversary, was a #1 national bestseller. Michael Crummey lives in St. John’s, Newfoundland.

MICHAEL CRUMMEY is the author of seven books of poetry and a collection of short stories. He is also the author of the novels The Wreckage, finalist for the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize; Galore, winner of the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best Novel and finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award; Sweetland, a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award; and The Innocents, finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, and the Governor General’s Literary Award. His most recent novel, The Adversary, was a #1 national bestseller. Michael Crummey lives in St. John’s, Newfoundland.

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