About the Author

Richard B Wright is the author of eleven previous novels, including his classic CLARA CALLAN, a #1 bestseller that won the Giller Prize, the Governor General’s Award for Fiction, the Trillium Book Award and the CBA Libris Awards for Best Book of the Year and Author of the Year in Canada. THE AGE OF LONGING was shortlisted for the Giller Prize and the Canadian Governor General’s Award for Fiction. Longlisted for the 2006 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, ADULTERY was a #1 bestseller as was the Giller-longlisted OCTOBER. Wright lives in St Catharines, Ontario, with his wife, Phyllis.