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Gregory Hollingshead, CM (born February 25, 1947) is a Canadian novelist.[1] He was formerly a professor of English at the University of Alberta, and he lives in Toronto, Ontario.[2]
He is a graduate of the University of Toronto Schools and the University of Toronto.
His 1995 short story collection The Roaring Girl won the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 1995 Governor General's Awards.[2] His 1998 novel The Healer won the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize and was shortlisted for the Giller Prize.[2] He was named a Member of the Order of Canada in 2012.[2]
As a professor with the Department of English & Film Studies, Hollingshead taught creative writing classes for 30 years; he retired as emeritus in 2005. From 2000 to 2018, he directed the Writing Studio at the Banff Centre.
- ^ New, W. H., Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada. University of Toronto Press, 2002. ISBN 0802007619. Entry "Greg Hollingshead", p. 507.
- ^ a b c d "All in good order for Greg Hollingshead". Edmonton Journal, July 4, 2012.