David Carpenter

David C. Carpenter (born October 28, 1941) is a Canadian writer who lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. His oeuvre, which includes poetry, essays, short stories, novellas, and full-length books in fiction as well as non-fiction genres, focuses primarily on nature and his native western Canada. In 2010, his latest novel, A Hunter's Confession, was released, in which he explores the history of hunting, subsistence hunting versus hunting for sport, trophy hunting, and the meaning of the hunt for those who have written about it most eloquently.

Carpenter holds the Bachelor of Arts degree in modern languages (1962) and the Bachelor of Education degree (1964) from the University of Alberta, the Master of Arts degree in English (1967) from the University of Oregon and the Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Alberta (1973). He is married to artist Honor Keever; they reside in Saskatoon, where he has served on the faculty of the English Department at the University of Saskatchewan since 1975.

Works The Forest, a novella by Georges Bugnet, translated from the original La Foret – 1977 Jokes for the Apocalypse – 1985 Jewels – 1986 God's Bedfellows – 1988 Writing Home – 1994 Courting Saskatchewan – 1996 Banjo Lessons – 1997 Fishing in Western Canada – 2000 Trout Stream Creed – 2003 The Ketzer – 2004 Luck – 2005 Niceman Cometh – 2008 Welcome to Canada – 2009 A Hunter's Confession – 2010 The Education of Augie Merasty - 2015 (by Joseph Auguste Merasty, with David Carpenter)