About Stephen Guppy
Born 1951. Stephen Guppy is a poet, non-fiction writer, writer and novelist.
Stephen Guppy (born February 10, 1951, in Nanaimo, British Columbia) is a Canadian writer. He is most noted for his short story "Downwind", which was a shortlisted finalist for the Journey Prize in 1998, and his poetry collection Understanding Heaven, which was shortlisted for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize in 2002.
A graduate of the University of Victoria,
Works Poetry Ghostcatcher (1979) Understanding Heaven (2001) The Work of Mercy (2006)
Novels The Fire Thief (2004) Like I Care (2013)
Non-fiction Writing and Workshopping Poetry: A Constructive Introduction (2016)
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