Galore

MICHAEL CRUMMEY is author of the memoir  Newfoundland: Journey into a Lost Nation; seven books of poetry, including  Arguments with Gravity, winner of the Writers' Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador Book Award for Poetry; and the short fiction collection  Flesh and Blood. His first novel,   River Thieves, was a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, and his second novel,   The Wreckage, was a finalist for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. His third novel,   Galore, won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize (Canada and the Caribbean) and was a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award. His fourth novel,   Sweetland, was also a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award. His most recent novel,   The Innocents, was a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize and the Governor General's Literary Award. Michael Crummey lives in St. John's, Newfoundland.