Timothy Findley was born 30 October 1930 in Toronto, Ontario. He studied acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, England and was part of the original group of actors at the Stratford Festival in Stratford, Ontario. Findley left the theatre in 1960 to become a writer. In addition to his novels, he wrote stage plays and teleplays, the latter with his partner Bill Whitehead. Known as Tiff to his friends, Findley died 20 June 2002 in Provence, France.

See also: Timothy Findley Award

Books by Timothy Findley

	1967 The Last of the Crazy People
	1969 The Butterfly Plague
	1977 The Wars
	1977 Can You See Me Yet?
	1979 The Newcomers Inhabiting a New Land
	1981 Famous Last Words
	1982 Imaginings (prose by Findley) A Synthesis of Fact and Fable
	1984 Dinner Along the Amazon Collection of twelve short stories.
	1986 Not Wanted on the Voyage
	1986 The Telling of Lies
	1988 Stones
	1990 Inside Memory Pages from a Writer's Workbook
	1993 Headhunter
	1993 The Stillborn Lover
	1995 The Piano Man's Daughter
	1995 The Trials of Ezra Pound
	1996 You Went Away It's 1942 and Mi and Graeme's marriage is falling apart.
	1997 Dust to Dust Collection of nine short stories.
	1998 From Stone Orchard Findley shares his memories of living on a farm in Southern Ontario.
	1999 Pilgrim
	2000 Elizabeth Rex
	2001 Spadework
	2001 Shadows
	2003 Journeyman Travels With a Writer. Collection of stories, letters, speeches, poems, and journal entries.
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Awards

• Canada Reads
  • 2008 – Not Wanted on the Voyage – Shortlisted

• Giller Prize
  • 1995 – The Piano Man's Daughter – Shortlisted
  • 1999 – Pilgrim – Shortlisted

• Governor General's Literary Award: Fiction
  • 1977 – The Wars – Winner
  • 1984 – Not Wanted on the Voyage – Shortlisted

• Governor General's Literary Award: Non-Fiction
  • 1990 – Inside Memory – Shortlisted

• Order of Canada
  • 1985 – Officer

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Added 13 November 2005.
Updated 07 January 2012.