Frederick Stenson (born December 22, 1951) is a Canadian writer of historical fiction and nonfiction relating to the Canadian West.J. G. Johansen, "Fred Stenson". The Canadian Encyclopedia, December 17, 2007.
His 2000 novel The Trade was shortlisted for Canada's Giller Prize. Both The Trade and his 2003 novel Lightning won the Grant MacEwan Author's Prize for best Alberta book of the year. His 2008 novel The Great Karoo was nominated for the 2008 Governor General's Literary Award in Fiction and was a nominee for the 2009 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book (Canada/Caribbean).
In addition to his published work, Stenson has been a faculty member at The Banff Centre, where he has directed the Wired Writing Studio for eleven years. He is also a documentary film writer, with over 140 credits. He writes a regular wit column for Alberta Views Magazine.
Stenson was raised on a farm and cattle ranch in the Waterton region of southwest Alberta. He is married to the poet Pamela Banting and lives in Cochrane, Alberta. His son Ted is a film director, whose feature debut Events Transpiring Before, During and After a High School Basketball Game was released in 2020.Eric Volmers, "Calgary filmmaker Ted Stenson heads back to school with Andrew Phung for indie debut". Calgary Herald, August 14, 2019.
Bibliography Lonesome Hero - 1974 Rocky Mountain House - 1985 Waste to Wealth - 1985 Last One Home - 1988 Working Without a Laugh Track - 1990 The Story of Calgary - 1994 Teeth - 1994 RCMP: The March West - 1999 The Last Stack - 2000 The Trade - 2000 Lightning - 2003 Thing Feigned or Imagined - 2003 The Great Karoo - 2008 Who by Fire – 2014
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