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Bill Gaston was born in 1953 and grew up in Winnipeg, Toronto, and North Vancouver. He earned a B.A. in 1975, an M.A. in 1978, and an M.F.A. in 1981 from the University of British Columbia. Gaston lives in Victoria and teaches at the University of Victoria.

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Books by Bill Gaston

	1977 Shabby Eagles (short stories)
	1989 Deep Cove Stories (short stories)
	1990 Tall Lives (novel)
	1994 The Cameraman (novel)
	1994 North of Jesus' Beans (short stories)
	1994 Yardsale (drama)
	1995 Inviting Blindness (poetry)
	1996 Bella Combe Journal (novel)
	1998 Sex is Red (short stories)
	2000 The Good Body (novel)
	2002 Mount Appetite (short stories)
	2004 Sointula (novel) A woman sets out in a stolen kayak to find her estranged son with an incompetent travel writer as her companion.
	2006 Gargoyles (short stories) Collection of twelve short stories.
	2006 Midnight Hockey (non-fiction)
	2008 Order of Good Cheer (novel)
	2012 The World (novel)
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Awards

• Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize
  • 2003 – Mount Appetite – Shortlisted
  • 2005 – Sointula – Shortlisted
  • 2007 – Gargoyles – Shortlisted
  • 2013 – The World – Winner

• Giller Prize
  • 2002 – Mount Appetite – Shortlisted

• Governor General's Literary Award: Fiction
  • 2006 – Gargoyles – Shortlisted
  • 2014 – Juliet Was a Surprise – Shortlisted

• OLA: Evergreen Award
  • 2015 – Juliet Was a Surprise – Shortlisted

• ReLit Awards: Novel
  • 2005 – Sointula – Shortlisted

• ReLit Awards: Short Fiction
  • 2007 – Gargoyles – Winner

• Timothy Findley Award
  • 2002 – Winner

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Added 04 April 2008.
Updated 25 April 2015.