Steven Price (born in Victoria, British Columbia) is a Canadian poet and novelist.
He graduated from the University of Victoria with a BFA in 2000, and from the University of Virginia with an MFA in poetry.
He teaches poetry and fiction at the University of Victoria.http://www.cura.uvic.ca/writing/faculty/price/ He lives with his partner, novelist Esi Edugyan, in Victoria, British Columbia.Donna Bailey Nurse, "Writing the blues". Quill & Quire, July 2011.
Awards 2007 - Gerald Lampert Award 2013 - ReLit Award for poetry"And the winners of the 2013 ReLit Awards are...." . The Province, December 20, 2013. 2016 - By Gaslight longlisted for Scotiabank Giller PrizeScotiabank Giller Prize "2016 Longlist". Retrieved September 7, 2016. 2019 - Lampedusa shortlisted for the Giller PrizeDeborah Dundas, "Michael Crummey, Ian Williams are in, Margaret Atwood and André Alexis are out on Giller Prize short list". Toronto Star, September 30, 2019.
Works
Poetry "Images", Canadian Literature #179: Literature & War (Winter 2003) The Anatomy of Keys (Brick Books, 2006), Omens in the Year of the Ox (Brick Books, 2012),
Fiction Stand-alone novels Into That Darkness (2011) By Gaslight (2016) Lampedusa (2019)
The Talents Trilogy (as J.M. Miro) Ordinary Monsters (2022) Robert J. Wiersema, "Sheer joy comes through in “Ordinary Monsters,” a ‘debut novel’ under a pseudonym by one of Canada’s best-known writers". Toronto Star, June 17, 2022. Bringer of Dust (2024)
Personal life Price lives in Victoria, British Columbia, and is married to Canadian novelist Esi Edugyan. Their first child was born in August 2011,Marsha Lederman, "Esi Edugyan: A new baby, and an armful of literary-award nominations", The Globe and Mail, October 7, 2011. their second in 2014.Adrian Chamberlain, "Victoria writer Steven Price scores international book deal", Times Colonist, November 13, 2014.
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