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Darren Greer
Darren Shawn Greer (born January 1, 1968) is a Canadian writer.
Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Greer lived in several small towns, including Greenfield, Queens County, Nova Scotia and Liverpool, Nova Scotia before moving to Ontario in 1990. He attended the University of King's College and Carleton University where he studied English literature.〔"Cormorant Books: Darren Greer http://www.cormorantbooks.com/greer-darren/〕 He lived in Ottawa, Toronto and San Francisco before moving back to Nova Scotia in 2010.
==Novels and other writings==
Greer's first novel, ''Tyler's Cape'', was published in 2001 to critical acclaim and was on the bestseller list of ''The Chronicle Herald''.〔"Cormorant Books: Darren Greer http://www.cormorantbooks.com/greer-darren/〕 His second novel ''Still Life With June'' was a critical success, earning him the ReLit Award〔"Canadian Books and Authors: Relit Awards http://www.canadianauthors.net/awards/relit_awards/novel// retrieved October 2010〕 in 2004. The novel was also a finalist for the Pearson Canada Reader's Choice Award and the Ferro-Grumley Award in Manhattan.〔"The Publishing Triangle: The Association of Lesbians and Gay Men in Publishing http://www.publishingtriangle.org/2006awards.asp Retrieved October 2010〕 The book was optioned for film in 2007 by Amaze Film and Television and published in the U.S. by St Martin's Press.〔"St Martin's Press: Darren Greer http://www.cormorantbooks.com/greer-darren/〕 His long-awaited〔"More Than Just Skin Deep: Darren Greer Quill and Quire http://www.quillandquire.com/book-news/spring-preview-2013-highlights/attachment/sp-greer Retrieved January 2013〕 third novel, ''Just Beneath My Skin'', was released by Cormorant Books in May 2014. It was shortlisted for the Jim Connors Dartmouth Book Award〔"Atlantic Book Awards http://atlanticbookawards.ca/twenty-four-books-nominated-for-2015-atlantic-book-awards/〕 and won the 2015 Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award.〔"East Coast Literary Awards http://writers.ns.ca/competitions/wfns-book-prizes.html〕 He has also written for ''Maclean's Magazine'', the ''Ottawa Citizen'', ''Bywords Magazine'', the ''Stockholm Review of Literature'', ''Found Press'', the ''Found Poetry Review'' and the ''Gay and Lesbian Review'' and in 2005 published a book of 16 essays in the categories of memoir, political science and contemporary art.〔"Quill and Quire: Strange Ghosts http://www.quillandquire.com/review/strange-ghosts/〕 In a review of the essays in ''Books in Canada'' Canadian author and critic T.F. Rigelhof called Greer "one of the most joyously alive, vibrant young writers in the country." On August 15, 2015 Greer announced the sale of his fourth novel, ''Advocate'', to the Canadian publisher Cormorant Books to be published in May 2016.
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