Stephens Gerard Malone
Stephens Gerard Malone is a Canadian-born novelist. Born in Trenton, Ontario, he was educated in Montréal, Quebec. He currently lives and writes on Canada's east coast city of Halifax, Nova Scotia where he's written for a variety of media, including television and periodicals. In 1994, he published his first novel Endless Bay (The Mercury Press) under the pseudonym Laura Fairburn. His second novel, Miss Elva (Random House, Canada) followed in 2005 and was short-listed for the Dartmouth Book Award. Malone's third novel I Still Have A Suitcase In Berlin (Random House, Canada) took eight years to write and was released in May 2008.[1] The book was translated into French in 2011 under the title 5 Minutes de plus à Berlin and was published by Québec Amérique. Big Town, the author's fourth novel, is a fictionalized account of the eviction of the citizens of Africville in the late 1960s.[2] It was published by Vagrant Press in September 2018, and reviewed in the Globe and Mail.[3]
Miss Elva was shortlisted for the Atlantic Book Award.[4]
Books
[edit]- Big Town - 2011 [2][5]
- 5 Minutes de plus à Berlin - 2011
- I Still Have A Suitcase In Berlin - 2008 [6][1]
- Miss Elva - 2005[7][8][9]
- Endless Bay (written under the name Laura Fairburn) - 1994
References
[edit]- ^ a b MacGowan, James (20 June 2008). "Such a long way to Berlin; 'Simple love story' becomes riveting historical drama after nine years (book review)". Edmonton Journal. ProQuest 253572185.
- ^ a b Landry, Mike (10 September 2011). "Shattering secrets; 'Glass Boys' explores the dangerous bull-in-a-china-shop quality of trying to move past the sins of the past (book review)". Telegraph-Journal. ProQuest 888279519.
- ^ Clarke, J E (October 2, 2011). "Big Town: A Novel of Africville, by Stephens Gerard Malone". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
- ^ "2006 Atlantic Book Awards nominees announced". Telegraph-Journal. 11 April 2006. ProQuest 423240686.
- ^ Clarke, George Elliott (2 October 2011). "Big Town: A Novel of Africville (book review)". Globe and Mail. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
- ^ Persky, Stan (19 July 2008). "Funeral in Berlin (book review)". Globe and Mail. ProQuest 382710556.
- ^ Rundle, Lisa (27 August 2005). "Walks a fine line between tragedy and farce (book review)". National Post. ProQuest 330441057.
- ^ MacPherson, Margaret (4 September 2005). "Passion at heart of action-driven tale (book review)". Edmonton Journal. ProQuest 253275365.
- ^ Winter, Michael (7 September 2005). "The plots thicken (book review)". Globe and Mail. ProQuest 383607436.