His debut novel, Black Bird, was published in 2003.
Achievements
A comic, magic realist take on the October Crisis of 1970, the novel won the Books in Canada First Novel Award for 2004 and was shortlisted for the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour and the Commonwealth Writers" Prize for Best First Novel.
Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour; Commonwealth Writers' Prize
The Commonwealth Writers' Prize was a literary award presented by the Commonwealth Foundation, which awarded prizes for established and new writers across the Commonwealth of Nations.; The Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour (usually the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour, or just the Stephen Leacock Award) is an annual literary award presented for the best book of humour written in English by a Canadian writer.
The Commonwealth Writers' Prize was a literary award presented by the Commonwealth Foundation, which awarded prizes for established and new writers across the Commonwealth of Nations.; The Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour (usually the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour, or just the Stephen Leacock Award) is an annual literary award presented for the best book of humour written in English by a Canadian writer.
