Brian Doyle (Canadian writer)

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Brian Doyle (born 12 August 1935)[1] is a Canadian writer of novels and short stories. His children's books have been adapted into movies and plays. Many of his stories are drawn from his experiences growing up in the Ottawa area. He was awarded the NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature in 2005[2] and was twice a finalist for the Hans Christian Andersen Award.[3][4]

His writings evoke a strong sense of location, reflecting urban Ottawa and the Gatineau Valley. Angel Square[5] and Easy Avenue are set in Ottawa in the 1940s and 50's; Spud Sweetgrass represents Ottawa in the early 1990s. Uncle Ronald and Covered Bridge draw on Brian Doyle's childhood memories of Ottawa and the Gatineau Valley.

  1. ^ Bruce Deachman (January 3, 2013). "Brian Doyle: Old men these days". ottawacitizen.com. Ottawa Citizen. Archived from the original on December 21, 2019.
  2. ^ "2005 NSK Neustadt Laureate Brian Doyle". Archived July 20, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
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  5. ^ "Mary Ann Alice". Quill & Quire,