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Wayne Johnston was born in 1958 in Goulds, Newfoundland. He received a B.A. in English from Memorial University in 1978 and an M.A. from the University of New Brunswick in 1983. He worked as a reporter for the St. John's Daily News before becoming a full-time author. Johnston currently lives in Toronto, Ontario.

Books by Wayne Johnston

	1985 The Story of Bobby O'Malley
	1987 The Time of Their Lives
	1990 The Divine Ryans
	1994 Human Amusements
	1998 The Colony of Unrequited Dreams
	1999 Baltimore's Mansion
	2002 The Navigator of New York
	2006 The Custodian of Paradise
	2011 A World Elsewhere
	2013 The Son of a Certain Woman
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Awards

• Books in Canada First Novel Award
  • 1985 – The Story of Bobby O'Malley – Winner

• Canada Reads
  • 2003 – The Colony of Unrequited Dreams – Shortlisted

• Giller Prize
  • 1998 – The Colony of Unrequited Dreams – Shortlisted
  • 2002 – The Navigator of New York – Shortlisted

• Governor General's Literary Award: Fiction
  • 1998 – The Colony of Unrequited Dreams – Shortlisted
  • 2002 – The Navigator of New York – Shortlisted

• Governor General's Literary Award: Nonfiction
  • 1999 – Baltimore's Mansion - A Memoir – Shortlisted

• Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize
  • 1998 – The Colony of Unrequited Dreams – Shortlisted

• Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour
  • 2014 – Son of a Certain Woman – Shortlisted

• Winterset Award
  • 2002 – The Navigator of New York – Shortlisted

• Writers' Trust Engel/Findley Award
  • 2011 Winner

• Writers' Trust Non-Fiction Prize
  • 1999 – Baltimore's Mansion: A Memoir – Shortlisted

Links

• Official site

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Added 06 January 2006.
Updated 27 January 2015.