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K.R. Byggdin
Occupation novelist Nationality Canadian Period 2020s–present Notable works Wonder World krbyggdin .com
K.R. Byggdin (born 1991) is a Canadian novelist from Halifax, Nova Scotia .[1]
Byggdin began publishing short fiction in 2018, with publications in The Antigonish Review , Grain , and others.
Their debut novel, Wonder World , was published by Enfield & Wizenty (Great Plains Press) in 2022.[2] The novel tells the story of a 27-year-old pansexual Mennonite man named Isaac Funk who returns to his small Manitoba town after years on the East Coast.[3]
Wonder World won the Thomas Head Raddall Award at the 2023 Atlantic Book Awards ,[4] and was a finalist for the 2023 ReLit Award for fiction.[5]
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Byggdin grew up in Niverville, Manitoba , where they attended a Mennonite church and due to their close contact with Mennonite communities, jokes that they are "Mennonite by osmosis."[6] They began to pursue writing as a career after being exposed to the writing of Miriam Toews by the town's mayor, while working in a summer job for the town government.[6]
Byggdin studied creative writing at Dalhousie University .[7]
References [ edit ]
^ Allison Lawlor (May 1, 2022). "KR Byggdin's debut novel tackles quest for belonging" . SaltWire Network .
^ Morgan Mullin (June 8, 2023). "The speech that stole the show at this year's Atlantic Book Awards" . The Coast .
^ "ReLit Awards announce 2023 long shortlists" . Quill & Quire , September 25, 2023.
^ a b Jennifer Lavin (April 27, 2022). "A Narrative of Hope" . Niverville Citizen . Retrieved June 18, 2023 .
^ Brian Bradley (June 21, 2022). "Top 10 reads for Pride month" . Toronto Star . Retrieved June 18, 2023 .
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