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David Adams Richards was born on 17 October 1950 in Newcastle, New Brunswick. He studied literature at St. Thomas University for three years before leaving to become a full-time writer. In addition to his books, Richards has written several screenplays. He lives in Toronto, Ontario.

Books by David Adams Richards

	1972 One Step Inside (poetry, short stories)	Biblio.com
	1972 Small Heroics (poetry)	Biblio.com
	1974 The Coming of Winter (novel)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	1976 Blood Ties (novel)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	1978 Dancers at Night: Stories (short stories)	Biblio.com
	1981 Lives of Short Duration (novel)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	1985 Road to the Stilt House (novel)	Biblio.com
	1988 Nights Below Station Street (novel)	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	1990 Evening Snow Will Bring Such Peace (novel)	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	1993 For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down (novel)	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	1994 A Lad from Brantford and Other Essays (nonfiction)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	1996 Hope in the Desperate Hour (novel)	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	1997 Hockey Dreams: Memories of a Man Who Couldn't Play (nonfiction)	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	1998 The Bay of Love and Sorrows (novel)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	1998 Lines on the Water: A Fisherman's Life on the Miramichi (nonfiction)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	2000 Mercy Among the Children (novel)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	2003 River of the Brokenhearted (novel)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	2006 The Friends of Meager Fortune (novel)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	2006 The Christmas Tree: Two Tales for the Holidays (short stories)	Biblio.com
	2007 The Lost Highway (novel)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	2008 Playing the Inside Out (non-fiction)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	2008 Lord Beaverbrook (children)	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
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Series

• Miramichi Trilogy
  • #1 – Nights Below Station Street
  • #2 – Evening Snow Will Bring Such Peace
  • #3 – For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down

Awards

• Canada Reads
  • 2009 – Mercy Among the Children – Shortlisted

• Giller Prize
  • 2000 – Mercy Among The Children – Co-winner

• Governor General's Literary Award: Fiction
  • 1985 – Road to the Stilt House – Shortlisted
  • 1988 – Nights Below Station Street – Winner
  • 1993 – For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down – Shortlisted
  • 2000 – Mercy Among the Children – Shortlisted
  • 2008 – The Lost Highway – Shortlisted

• Governor General's Literary Award: Non-Fiction
  • 1998 – Lines on the Water: A Fisherman's Life on the Miramichi – Winner

• Timothy Findley Award
  • 2004 – Winner

Added 30 March 2006.
Updated 12 August 2009.