Andreas Schroeder (b. , West Germany 26 November 1946) is a German-born Canadian poet, novelist, and nonfiction writer who lives in the small town of Roberts Creek, British Columbia.
Career Schroeder is the author of some 23 books, including fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, translations and criticism. For many years he appeared on the CBC radio show Basic Black as its "resident crookologist", presenting a segment on some of the world's most outrageous and humorous crimes and criminals.
He served a term as Chair of the Writers' Union of Canada (1976/77), at which time he took over the Union's crusade for Public Lending Right. When that program was finally achieved, in 1986, he became its founding chair, and served as the Union's PLR representative on the Public Lending Right Commission until 2008.
Schroeder teaches Creative Non-Fiction in the University of British Columbia's Creative Writing program, where he holds the Rogers Communications Chair in Creative Nonfiction.
Schroeder has been shortlisted for a Governor-General's Award (Nonfiction: Shaking It Rough) in 1977, the Sealbooks First Novel Award (1984), an Arthur Ellis Award for Best Nonfiction (1997), The Stephen Leacock Award for Humor (1997) and the Malahat Review Novella competition (1998). He has won the OLA's Red Maple Award for Young Adult Nonfiction twice (2005; 2007), has received several National Magazine Awards, and won the Canadian Association of Journalists' "Best Investigative Journalism" award in 1990. He is a member of the New Democratic Party and describes himself as a "non-observant Mennonite".The Canadian Encyclopedia, printed edition.
He is married to Sharon Brown; the couple have two daughters.
Works Poetry The Ozone Minotaur – 1969 File of Uncertainties – 1971 Universe: The Burden of Performance is on the Rider – 1977
Nonfiction Shaking it Rough: A Prison Memoir – 1976 The Mennonites: A Pictorial History of their Lives in Canada – 1990 Carved From Wood – A History of Mission, BC. – 1991 Scams, Scandals, and Skulduggery – 1996 Cheats, Charlatans, and Chicanery – 1997 Fakes, Frauds, and Flimflammery – 1999 Scams! (Young Adult Nonfiction) – 2004 Thieves! (Young Adult Nonfiction) – 2005 Auf der Flucht mit Mona Lisa. Von Meisterdieben und charmanten Schwindlern.. Transl. Walter Goidinger. Droemer Knaur, Munich 1998 Duped! (Young Adult Nonfiction – 2011 Robbers! (Young Adult Nonfiction) – 2012
Fiction The Late Man – 1972 Toccata in 'D': A Micro Novel – 1984 Dust-Ship Glory – 1976 The Eleventh Commandment – 1990 Renovating Heaven – 2008
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