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Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
Festival 2004    July 22 - 25

Leon Rooke

Leon Rooke is the author of six novels, including the Governor General's Award winning novel Shakespeare's Dog, The Fall of Gravity, which the Globe and Mail chose as one of the top books of 2000, as well as the short story collection Painting the Dog. 

A native of North Carolina who has lived in Canada for many years, Rooke is a frequent reviewer for several newspapers, including the New York Times. Other awards Rooke has received include the North Carolina Award for Literature (1990), the Canada/Australia Literary Prize, the W.O. Mitchell Literary Award and the ReLit Short Fiction Award. 

Leon Rooke has taught or served as writer-in-residence at more than a dozen Canadian and U.S. universities. Rooke divides his time between Toronto and Mexico with his wife, Constance.