Patrick deWitt

Patrick deWitt
Born Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Occupation Writer
Nationality Canadian
Period 2000s-present
Notable works The Sisters Brothers

Patrick deWitt (born 1975) is a Canadian novelist and screenwriter. He was born on Vancouver Island, British Columbia and later lived in California and Washington. He currently lives in Portland, Oregon.[1]

His first book, Ablutions (2009), was named a New York Times Editors' Choice book. His second book, The Sisters Brothers (2011), was shortlisted for the 2011 Man Booker Prize, the 2011 Scotiabank Giller Prize[2] the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize[3] and the 2011 Governor General's Award for English language fiction.[4] He was one of two Canadian writers, alongside Esi Edugyan, to make all four award lists in 2011.[2] On 1 November 2011, he was announced as the winner of the Rogers Prize,[5] and on 15 November 2011, he was announced as the winner of Canada's 2011 Governor General's Award for English language fiction.[6] On 26 April 2012, the book The Sisters Brothers won the 2012 Stephen Leacock Award. Alongside Edugyan, The Sisters Brothers was also a shortlisted nominee for the 2012 Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction.[7]

His third novel, Undermajordomo Minor, was published in 2015.[8] The novel is longlisted for the 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize.[9]

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