Michael Kenyon (Canadian writer)

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Michael Kenyon is a Canadian writer from British Columbia, who won the ReLit Award for fiction in 2010 for his novel The Beautiful Children."Winners of ReLit Awards announced". The Globe and Mail, October 22, 2010. He was also a ReLit poetry nominee in the same year for The Last House.[http://news.nationalpost.com/afterword/shortlist-announced-for-relit-awards "Shortlists announced for ReLit Awards"]. National Post, August 31, 2010.

His debut novel, Kleinberg, was a shortlisted finalist for the Books in Canada First Novel Award in 1992,"Finalists named for book award". The Globe and Mail, February 25, 1992. and for the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book, Canada/Caribbean."Mistry tops Atwood for award". Ottawa Citizen, July 16, 1992.

His other books have included the novels The Biggest Animals and A Year at River Mountain, and the short story collection Parallel Rivers.