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

• Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize
  • 2003 – Mount Appetite – Shortlisted
  • 2005 – Sointula – Shortlisted
  • 2007 – Gargoyles – Shortlisted

• Giller Prize
  • 2002 – Mount Appetite – Shortlisted

• Governor General's Literary Award: Fiction
  • 2006 – Gargoyles – Shortlisted

• ReLit Awards: Novel
  • 2005 – Sointula – Shortlisted

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

• Timothy Findley Award
  • 2002 – Winner

Added 04 April 2008.
Updated 02 January 2010.