Nino Ricci
Nino Ricci’s novels have been published to critical acclaim around the world. They include the Lives of the Saints Trilogy, adapted as a miniseries starring Kris Kristofferson and Sophia Loren, and Testament, a fictional reimagining of the life of Jesus. His most recent novel is The Origin of Species, which earned him the Canadian Authors Association Fiction Award as well as his second Governor General’s Award for Fiction. He is also the author of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, a biography that forms part of Penguin’s Extraordinary Canadians series.
Ricci has taught workshops and held writing positions at institutions across Canada and the U.S., including York University, the University of Windsor, John Carroll University, Bridgewater College, and Colorado College. He has served on the faculty of The Humber School for Writers since 1992. He is also a past president of Canadian PEN, the writers’ human rights organization.
In 2006 Ricci was the winner of the Alistair MacLeod Award for Literary Achievement, and in 2010 of York University’s Pinnacle Achievement Award. He was recently appointed to the Order of Canada.
