C. B. Forrest
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C. B. Forrest is a Canadian mystery and general fiction writer and poet. Forrest is a member of Crime Writers of Canada and Capital Crime Writers.
Career
Forrest published The Weight of Stones, the first entry in his mystery series featuring detective Charlie McKelvey, in April 2009 via Napoleon and Co.{{Cite book|title=The Weight of Stones|first=C. B.|last=Forrest|isbn=978-1-894917-78-0|publisher=Dundurn Press|date=April 2009}} It received generally good reception with The Globe and Mail criticizing the plot's weakness and melodrama but ultimately saying that the series has promise.{{Cite web|first=Margaret|last=Cannon|date=2009-05-19|title=New in crime fiction|work=The Globe and Mail|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/new-in-crime-fiction/article4273701/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241210221521/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/new-in-crime-fiction/article4273701/|url-status=live|archive-date=2024-12-10|access-date=2024-12-10}} It was shortlisted for the Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel.{{Cite news|url=http://www.yourottawaregion.com/news/local/article/808239|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718144812/http://www.yourottawaregion.com/news/local/article/808239|archive-date=2011-07-18|title=Stones weigh heavy: Kanata author short-listed for crime novel award|date=2010-04-30|first=Jessica|last=Cunha|work=YourOttawaRegion.com}} The second in the series, Slow Recoil, was released in fall 2010 by Dundurn Press and was nominated for the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel. The third novel in the series, The Devil's Dust, was released in 2012 to strong reviews. Tim Wynne-Jones called it "a beautifully crafted novel."{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
His short fiction, The Lost Father, won an award in the Canadian Authors' Association Short Story Contest in 2004. In 2001, his novella titled Coming To was adapted to the stage and showcased at the Factory Theatre during Toronto's Summerworks festival. He wrote songs for the performer Paula Waite, as well as songwriting duties for the band The Henrudys, including "Another Mile" and "Better Than I Am" as featured on CBC.
His poetry has appeared in various publications, such as Contemporary Verse 2, Bloodlotus Journal, Bywords Quarterly Journal, and Ascent Aspirations,*{{Cite magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101026215148/http://ascentaspirations.ca/contributorsf.htm|archive-date=2010-10-26|url=http://ascentaspirations.ca/contributorsf.htm|url-status=dead|title=Featured Contributing Writers|magazine=Ascent Aspirations Magazine|volume=14|number=10|date=October 2010|issn=1715-085X}} and has earned praise from writers such as George Elliott Clarke and Stephen Reid.{{cite web |date=20 March 2018 |title=Contact|website=cbforrest.com |url=http://cbforrest.com/?page_id=9}}{{Failed verification|date=December 2024|reason=Nothing about the two authors in the source; the source is also a primary source since it is his official website.}}
Personal life
Forrest began his career in journalism and now works in communications and marketing. In 1998, he studied under the author and poet B. W. Powe as a student of the Humber School for Writers.
He lives in Calgary where he is last reported to be working on several new pieces of long fiction.
List of publications
=Novels=
== Standalone ==
- Chasing Pace, 2005
== ''Charlie McKelvey'' series ==
=Novellas=
- Coming To
=Poetry=
- White Out{{Cite magazine|magazine=Contemporary Verse 2: The Open Issue|date=Fall 2007|volume=30|issue=2|title=WhiteOut|first=C. B.|last=Forrest|page=75}}
- Bloodlotus Journal
- Bywords Quarterly Journal
- "Post-it Note for a Daughter"{{Cite magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101025230912/http://ascentaspirations.ca/postitnoteforadaughter.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2010-10-25|url=http://ascentaspirations.ca/postitnoteforadaughter.htm|magazine=Ascent Aspirations Magazine|volume=14|number=10|date=October 2010|issn=1715-085X|title=Post It Note for a Daughter|first=C. B.|last=Forrest}}
References
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External links
- [https://cbforrest.com/ Official website]
- [http://authors.omnimystery.com/forrest-c-b.html Profile] at CrimeNovelists.com
- [https://www.dundurn.com/authors%20/t156375/t143493-c-b--forrest Profile] at Dundurn Press
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Category:20th-century Canadian short story writers
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