John Bemrose was born in 1947 and grew up in Paris, Ontario. He graduated from Victoria University in 1970, worked as a sales representative for a Toronto publishing company, and then became a freelance arts journalist. His reviews and articles have appeared in Maclean's, the Globe and Mail, and other publications. Bemrose lives in Toronto.

Books by John Bemrose

	1979 Going Under (poetry)	Biblio.com
	1984 Imagining Horses (poetry)	Biblio.com
	2003 The Island Walkers (novel)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
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Awards

• Books in Canada First Novel Award
  • 2003 – The Island Walkers – Shortlisted

• Giller Prize
  • 2003 – The Island Walkers – Shortlisted

Added 25 May 2006.
Updated 12 October 2008.