Chris Hutchinson

Chris Hutchinson (born August 2, 1972) in Montreal, Quebec, grew up on Vancouver Island, and has since lived, worked, and studied across Canada and the US, earning a BFA from the University of Victoria, an MFA in Creative Writing from Arizona State University, and a PhD in Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Houston.

Hutchinson is currently core faculty in the English Department at MacEwan University on Treaty 6 Territory, Amiskwacîwâskahikan (Edmonton, AB, Canada).

Poetry books Unfamiliar Weather (Muses' Company, 2005) Other People's Lives (Brick Books, 2009) A Brief History of the Short-lived (Nightwood Editions, 2012) In the Vicinity of Riches (Goose Lane Editions / icehouse poetry, 2020)

Novels Jonas in Frames: an Epic (Goose Lane Editions / icehouse poetry, 2014)

Awards The Brazos Bookstore/Academy of American Poets Prize, poets.org, 2017 Earle Birney Prize for Poetry, PRISM International, 2003