Lesley Choyce

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Lesley Choyce was born on 21 March 1951 in rural New Jersey. He earned a B.A. from Rutgers University in 1972, an M.A. in American literature from Montclair State College in 1974, and an M.A. in English literature from City University of New York in 1983. Choyce moved to Nova Scotia in 1979 and started Pottersfield Press. He teaches part-time at Dalhousie University and hosts a nationally syndicated TV talk show in Halifax. Choyce lives in Lawrencetown Beach.


Books by Lesley Choyce

1977
Edible Wild Plants of the Maritimes (non-fiction)
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1980
Re-inventing the Wheel (poetry)
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1981
Eastern Sure (novel)
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1982
Fast Living
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1984
Billy Botzweiler's Last Dance (short stories)
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1984
Downwind (novel)
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1985
Conventional Emotions (short stories)
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1985
The End of Ice
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1986
The Dream Auditor (science fiction)
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1986
The Top of the Heart (poetry)
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1987
An Avalanche of Ocean (non-fiction)
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1988
Beautiful Sadness (poetry)
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1988
Coming Up for Air (novel)
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1988
December Six / The Halifax Solution (non-fiction)
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1988
The Man Who Borrowed the Bay of Fundy (poetry)
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1989
The Second Season of Jonas MacPherson (novel)
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1989
Skateboard Shakedown (young adult)
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1990
Hungry Lizards (young adult)
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1990
Skate Freaks Og Graesrodder (young adult)
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1990
Wave Watch (young adult)
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1991
Magnificent Obsessions (photo-novel)
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1991
Some Kind of Hero (young adult)
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1991
Wrong Time, Wrong Place (young adult)
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1992
Clearcut Danger (young adult)
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1992
Margin of Error (short stories)
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1992
Ecstasy Conspiracy (novel)
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1993
Full Tilt (young adult)
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1993
Transcendental Anarchy (autobiography)
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1993
Good Idea Gone Bad (young adult)
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1994
The Republic of Nothing (novel)
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1994
Dark End of Dream Street (young adult)
also published as Hell's Hotel
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1995
Big Burn (young adult)
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1995
The Coastline of Forgetting (poetry)
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1996
Falling Through the Cracks (young adult)
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1996
Nova Scotia: Shaped By the Sea (history)
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1996
The Trap Door To Heaven (science fiction)
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1997
Couleurs Troubles (young adult)
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1997
Dance The Rocks Ashore (short stories)
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1997
Go For It Carrie (children)
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1998
Carrie's Crowd (children)
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1998
Famous At Last (children)
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1998
World Enough (novel)
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1999
Roid Rage (young adult)
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1999
The Summer of Apartment X (novella)
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2000
Caution to the Wind (poetry)
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2000
Far Enough Island (children)
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2001
Carrie's Camping Adventure (children)
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2001
Cold Clear Morning (novel)
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2002
The Coasts of Canada (history)
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2002
Refuge Cove (young adult)
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2002
Shoulder the Sky (novel)
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2003
Sea of Tranquility (novel)
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2003
Typographical Eras (poetry)
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2004
Revenge of the Optimist (poetry)
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2004
Smoke and Mirrors (young adult)
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2004
Thunderbowl (young adult)
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2005
Sudden Impact (young adult)
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2006
Deconstructing Dylan (young adult)
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2006
Driving Minnie's Piano: Memoirs of a Surfing Life in Nova Scotia (memoir)
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2006
Skunks for Breakfast (children)
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2007
Wave Warrior (young adult)
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2007
The End of the World as We Know It (young adult)
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2008
Skate Freak (young adult)
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2008
Peggy's Cove: The Amazing History of a Coastal Village (non-fiction)
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2008
The Book of Michael (young adult)
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2009
Running the Risk (young adult)
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2009
Seven Ravens: Two summers in a life by the sea (non-fiction)
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2009
The Discipline of Ice (young adult)
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2009
Living Outside the Lines (young adult)
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Awards

  • White Pine Award
    • 2004 – Shoulder The Sky – Shortlisted
    • 2008 – The End of the World as We Know It – Shortlisted
    • 2010 – The Book of Michael – Shortlisted

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Added 28 April 2008.
Updated 28 March 2010.