Eric McCormack (writer)

Eric McCormack
BornEric Patrick McCormack
(1938-09-20)20 September 1938
Bellshill, Scotland
Died9 May 2023(2023-05-09) (aged 84)
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
NationalityCanadian
GenreAbsurdist fiction, mystery fiction, Gothic
Literary movementPostmodernism

Eric Patrick McCormack (20 September 1938 – 9 May 2023) was a Scottish-born Canadian author. He was known for works blending absurdism, existentialism, crime fiction, gothic horror and the search for identity and personal meaning in works such as Inspecting the Vaults (1987), The Paradise Motel (1989), The Mysterium (1992), First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women (1997) and The Dutch Wife (2002).[1][2][3]

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  3. ^ "Eric Patrick McCormack Obituary". Retrieved 11 July 2023.