Andrew Westoll | |
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| Born | Andrew Westoll |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Genre | Novelist, creative non-fiction |
| Notable works | The Riverbones, The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary |
| Spouse | Samantha Westoll |
Andrew Westoll is a Canadian writer, who won the 2012 Charles Taylor Prize for his non-fiction book The Chimps of Fauna Foundation: A Canadian Story of Resilience and Recovery. [1]
A primatologist, Westoll previously published the travel memoir The Riverbones, about a year he spent studying capuchin monkeys in Suriname, in 2008. [2] He is also a contributor to The Walrus, Explore, Outpost and The Globe and Mail. He won a Canadian National Magazine Award in 2007 for his Explore article "Somewhere Up a Jungle River", an article that grew into a book, The Riverbones. [3]
In 2016, he published The Jungle South of the Mountain, his first novel. [2]
Works
- The Riverbones (2008)
- The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary (2011)
- The Jungle South of the Mountain (2016)
Awards and honors
- 2012 Charles Taylor Prize for The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary
- 2007 Gold National Magazine Award for "Somewhere Up a Jungle River"
References
- ^ Medley, Mark, March 5, 2012, Andrew Westoll wins Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction Archived July 2, 2012, at archive.today, National Post, Retrieved 11/23/2012
- ^ a b "Profile: Writing fiction gave Andrew Westoll a way to revisit his former life as a primatologist in South America". Quill & Quire, July 2016.
- ^ "The Walrus waddles away with the most magazine awards". CBC. June 7, 2008. Retrieved August 26, 2013.
External links
- Official website
- Andrew Westoll at Library of Congress, with 1 library catalogue records
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Andrew Westoll | |
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| Born | Andrew Westoll |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Genre | Novelist, creative non-fiction |
| Notable works | The Riverbones, The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary |
| Spouse | Samantha Westoll |
Andrew Westoll is a Canadian writer, who won the 2012 Charles Taylor Prize for his non-fiction book The Chimps of Fauna Foundation: A Canadian Story of Resilience and Recovery. [1]
A primatologist, Westoll previously published the travel memoir The Riverbones, about a year he spent studying capuchin monkeys in Suriname, in 2008. [2] He is also a contributor to The Walrus, Explore, Outpost and The Globe and Mail. He won a Canadian National Magazine Award in 2007 for his Explore article "Somewhere Up a Jungle River", an article that grew into a book, The Riverbones. [3]
In 2016, he published The Jungle South of the Mountain, his first novel. [2]
Works
- The Riverbones (2008)
- The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary (2011)
- The Jungle South of the Mountain (2016)
Awards and honors
- 2012 Charles Taylor Prize for The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary
- 2007 Gold National Magazine Award for "Somewhere Up a Jungle River"
References
- ^ Medley, Mark, March 5, 2012, Andrew Westoll wins Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction Archived July 2, 2012, at archive.today, National Post, Retrieved 11/23/2012
- ^ a b "Profile: Writing fiction gave Andrew Westoll a way to revisit his former life as a primatologist in South America". Quill & Quire, July 2016.
- ^ "The Walrus waddles away with the most magazine awards". CBC. June 7, 2008. Retrieved August 26, 2013.
External links
- Official website
- Andrew Westoll at Library of Congress, with 1 library catalogue records
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