James Gregor (writer)

{{Short description|Canadian writer}}

James Gregor is a Canadian writer from Halifax, Nova Scotia,Allison Lawlor, [https://www.thetelegram.com/lifestyles/regional-lifestyles/the-book-shelf-from-halifax-to-nyc-with-love-455652/ "From Halifax to NYC, with love"]. The Telegram, May 29, 2020. whose debut novel Going Dutch was a shortlisted finalist for the Amazon.ca First Novel Award in 2020.[https://www.cbc.ca/books/st%C3%A9phane-larue-wins-60k-amazon-first-novel-award-for-the-dishwasher-1.5625509 "Stéphane Larue wins $60K Amazon First Novel Award for The Dishwasher"]. CBC Books, June 25, 2020. The novel, about a gay graduate student in New York City who becomes drawn into an emotionally complex quasi-relationship with a female fellow student despite their sexual incompatibility,Ilana Masad, [https://www.npr.org/2019/08/23/753413770/going-dutch-is-a-charming-well-observed-debut "'Going Dutch' Is A Charming, Well-Observed Debut"]. NPR, August 23, 2019. was published in 2019, and based partially on his own experiences while studying creative writing at Columbia University in the early 2010s.

In addition to the Amazon.ca First Novel Award, Going Dutch was a finalist for the Margaret and John Savage First Book Award at the 2020 Atlantic Book Awards & Festival.[https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/lifestyles/local-lifestyles/nominees-announced-for-2020-atlantic-book-awards-taking-place-online-june-30-456301/ "Nominees announced for 2020 Atlantic Book Awards taking place online June 30"]. Halifax Chronicle-Herald, June 1, 2020.

Gregor is the grandson of Hugh Francis Pullen, a Canadian military officer and historian whose books included The Shannon and the Chesapeake and The Sea Road to Halifax: Being an Account of the Lights and Buoys of Halifax Harbour.James Gregor, [https://www.thecoast.ca/halifax/halifax-as-narnia-the-existential-fantasy-of-our-seaside-city/Content?oid=5387820 "Halifax as Narnia: The existential fantasy of our seaside city"]. The Coast, May 16, 2016.