Tim Bowling
Tim Bowling is the author of ten books of poetry, four novels and two works of non-fiction. His work has twice been nominated for the Governor General's Award, and has won four Alberta Book Awards, a Canadian Authors Association Award, and, in 2008, a Guggenheim Fellowship. His most recent book of poems is Tenderman, his latest work of non fiction, In The Suicide's Library: A Book Lover's Journey, is currently in the running for the Alberta Readers Choice Award, and he has just published his fourth novel, The Tinsmith. He is mostly disillusioned but nonetheless cheerful.