Trevor Cole (writer)
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Trevor Cole (born Trevor William Cole on February 15, 1960) is a Canadian novelist and journalist. He has published five novels; the first two, Norman Bray in the Performance of his Life (2004) and The Fearsome Particles (2006), were nominated for the Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction and longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award.
Life and career
Trevor Cole was born on February 15, 1960, in Toronto, Ontario. His father was a theatre and television actor.{{cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/toronto-star/20060923/283549446136369|title=Business writer praised for fictionalizing|last=Stoffman|first=Judy|newspaper=Toronto Star|date=September 23, 2006|accessdate=July 23, 2019|via=PressReader}}
Before turning to fiction, Cole worked as a radio copywriter, magazine editor and magazine journalist. He spent 15 years at The Globe and Mail, working first as an editor and then, for the final two and a half years, as a senior writer for the Report On Business Magazine. Cole left the Globe in 2000. From 2001 to 2003, he wrote a satirical column on business for Canadian Business.{{cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/weddings-and-your-wallet/article23004106/|title=Weddings and your wallet|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=May 25, 2007|accessdate=July 23, 2019}}
Cole has won nine National Magazine Awards,{{cite news|url=https://nationalpost.com/afterword/trevor-cole-respecting-the-serious-comic-novel|title=Trevor Cole: Respecting the serious comic novel|newspaper=National Post|date=November 2, 2010|accessdate=July 23, 2019}} including three gold medals.{{cite web |title=Trevor Cole |url=https://www.kingstonwritersfest.ca/festival-author/trevor-cole/ |website=Kingston WritersFest}}{{cite news |last1=Adams |first1=James |title=The Walrus is golden at magazine awards |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/the-walrus-is-golden-at-magazine-awards/article4395351/ |work=The Globe and Mail |date=6 June 2009 |language=en-CA}}{{cite news |title=Toronto Life, Saturday Night win big at awards |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/toronto-life-saturday-night-win-big-at-awards/article4148665/ |work=The Globe and Mail |date=2 June 2001 |language=en-CA}} He continues to write freelance for Toronto Life, Report on Business Magazine and other publications.{{cite news |last1=Cole |first1=Trevor |title=Think powering a nuclear sub is hard? Try running a utility |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/rob-magazine/article-think-powering-a-nuclear-sub-is-hard-try-running-a-utility/ |work=The Globe and Mail |date=1 April 2024 |language=en-CA}}
In 2006, Cole began the site AuthorsAloud.com, an independent library of short, recorded audio readings by Canadian authors of literary fiction and poetry.{{cite web|url=https://quillandquire.com/omni/authorsaloud-gives-voice-to-authors/|title=AuthorsAloud gives voice to authors|last=MacDonald|first=Scott|publisher=Quill & Quire|date=August 10, 2006|accessdate=July 23, 2019}}
McClelland & Stewart published his first three novels: Norman Bray in the Performance of His Life (2004), The Fearsome Particles (2006), and Practical Jean (September 2010). His third novel won the 2011 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour.{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2015/04/29/leacock-awards-history-of-overlooking-women-is-no-laughing-matter.html|title=Leacock Award's history of overlooking women is no laughing matter|last=Villamere|first=Jennifer|newspaper=Toronto Star|date=April 29, 2015|accessdate=July 23, 2019}}
His fourth novel, Hope Makes Love was published by Cormorant Press in fall 2015.{{Cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/book-reviews/review-trevor-coles-hope-makes-love-is-thoughtful-and-full-of-life/article26633477/ |title=Review: Trevor Cole's Hope Makes Love is thoughtful and full of life|last=Wiersema |first=Robert J. |newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=October 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130215300/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/book-reviews/review-trevor-coles-hope-makes-love-is-thoughtful-and-full-of-life/article26633477/ |archive-date=November 30, 2016 |access-date=November 30, 2016}}
In 2017, he authored The Whisky King, a non-fiction account of Canada's most infamous mobster Rocco Perri.{{cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/book-reviews/review-trevor-coles-the-whisky-king-is-a-superb-work-of-historical-non-fiction/article34967266/|title=Review: Trevor Cole's The Whisky King is a superb work of historical non-fiction|last=Grescoe|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=May 12, 2017|accessdate=July 22, 2019}}
Personal life
Cole lives in Hamilton, Ontario.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/hamilton-writer-short-story-prize-1.5095333|title=Reviving the dead and finding closure: Hamilton writer's short story longlisted for prize|last=Mowat|first=Justin|publisher=CBC.ca|date=April 13, 2019|accessdate=July 23, 2019}}
Cole's archives are held by the William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections at McMaster University.
Awards and honours
- 2004 Finalist, Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction (for Norman Bray)
- 2004 Longlist, International Dublin Literary Award (for Norman Bray)
- 2004 Finalist, Commonwealth Writer's Prize for Best First Book (for Norman Bray)
- 2006 Finalist, Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction (for The Fearsome Particles)
- 2006 Longlist, International Dublin Literary Award (for The Fearsome Particles)
- 2010 Shortlist, Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize (for Practical Jean)
- 2011 Winner, Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour (for Practical Jean)
Bibliography
=Novels=
- {{cite book|first=Trevor|last=Cole|author-mask=2|title=Norman Bray, in the Performance of His Life|year=2004|location=Toronto|publisher=McClelland and Stewart|isbn=9780771022623
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- {{cite book|first=Trevor|last=Cole|author-mask=2|title=The Fearsome Particles|year=2006|location=Toronto|publisher=McClelland and Stewart|isbn=9780771022609}}
- {{cite book|first=Trevor|last=Cole|author-mask=2|title=Practical Jean|year=2010|location=Toronto|publisher=McClelland and Stewart|isbn=9780771023255}}
- {{cite book|first=Trevor|last=Cole|author-mask=2|title=Hope Makes Love|year=2015|location=Toronto|publisher=Cormorant Books|isbn=9781770864566}}
- {{cite book|first=Trevor|last=Cole|author-mask=2|title=The Whisky King|year=2017|location=Toronto|publisher=Cormorant Books|isbn=9781770867109}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.trevorcole.com Trevor Cole official website]
- [http://library.mcmaster.ca/archives/findaids/fonds/c/cole-t.htm Trevor Cole Archives] at McMaster University
- [http://www.mcclelland.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780771022609 McClelland and Stewart: The Fearsome Particles profile]
- {{cite web|title=Trevor Cole fonds - Search Research Collections|url=https://archives.mcmaster.ca/index.php/trevor-cole-fonds|website=McMaster University Library|publisher=William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections|accessdate=4 June 2020}}
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Category:Canadian satirical columnists
Category:Canadian male non-fiction writers
Category:Canadian male novelists
Category:Stephen Leacock Award winners
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Category:Novelists from Toronto
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