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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)
	1972 Small Heroics (poetry)
	1974 The Coming of Winter (novel)
	1976 Blood Ties (novel)
	1978 Dancers at Night: Stories (short stories)
	1981 Lives of Short Duration (novel)
	1985 Road to the Stilt House (novel)
	1988 Nights Below Station Street (novel)
	1990 Evening Snow Will Bring Such Peace (novel)
	1993 For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down (novel)
	1994 A Lad from Brantford and Other Essays (nonfiction)
	1996 Hope in the Desperate Hour (novel)
	1997 Hockey Dreams: Memories of a Man Who Couldn't Play (nonfiction)
	1998 The Bay of Love and Sorrows (novel)
	1998 Lines on the Water: A Fisherman's Life on the Miramichi (nonfiction)
	2000 Mercy Among the Children (novel)
	2003 River of the Brokenhearted (novel)
	2006 The Friends of Meager Fortune (novel)
	2006 The Christmas Tree: Two Tales for the Holidays (short stories)
	2007 The Lost Highway (novel)
	2008 Playing the Inside Out (non-fiction)
	2008 Lord Beaverbrook (children)
	2009 God Is My Search for Faith in a Secular World
	2011 Incidents in the Life of Markus Paul
	2011 Facing the Hunter (non-fiction) Reflections on a Misunderstood Way of Life
	2014 Crimes Against My Brother
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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

• Golden Oak Award
  • 2011 – The Christmas Tree – Shortlisted

• 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

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Added 30 March 2006.
Updated 11 January 2014.