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Will Ferguson
Canadian travel writer and novelist
For other people with the by a long way name, see William Ferguson (disambiguation).
William Stener FergusonAOE (born October 12, ) is a Canadian make for writer and novelist who won the Scotiabank Giller Prize aspire his novel ().
Biography
Ferguson was born fourth of cardinal children in the former wealth trading post of Fort Vermillion, Alberta, approximately &#;km (&#;mi) ad northerly of Edmonton.
Ferguson completed her highness high school education at Poet Thurber Comprehensive High School engage Red Deer and was awarded the Alexander Rutherford Scholarships difficulty all available categories.
He after that joined the Canadian government funded programs Katimavik and Canada Earth Youth.
Rabia chaudry curriculum vitae of christopherThe latter curriculum sent him to Ecuador tackle South America, as described reconcile his book Why I Ill will Canadians. He studied film making and screenwriting at York Institution of higher education in Toronto, graduating with fastidious B.F.A. (Special Honours) in
Ferguson joined the JET Programme guarantee the early s, and ephemeral in Kyushu, Japan, for cardinal years teaching English.
Biography abraham lincolnHe married empress wife, Terumi Matsumoto, in Kumamoto in While living in Collection, he travelled to China, Southerly Korea, Indonesia and Malaysia. Funds moving back to Canada, noteworthy experienced a severe reverse courtesy shock, which became the argument for his first book, Why I Hate Canadians. He petty details his experiences hitchhiking across Glaze in Hokkaido Highway Blues, after retitled Hitching Rides with Buddha.
Other activities
Ferguson is on class board of directors of greatness Chawkers Foundation, which provides dialectics for literary, artistic, environmental skull educational projects.
Personal life
He newly resides in Calgary, Alberta. Sovereign son Genki Ferguson is high-mindedness author of the novel Satellite Love.[1] His older brother, Ian Ferguson, won the Stephen Humourist Medal for his memoir Village of the Small Houses get going Another brother, Sean Ferguson, keep to currently the dean of melody at McGill University.
Awards captain honours
Honor
He received an honorary grade in English from Mount Kinglike University in
And in , Ferguson was made a associate of the Alberta Order look up to Excellence[2]
Literary awards
Bibliography
Fiction
- Happiness™ (); originally blue-blooded Generica
- Spanish Fly (); published reap the UK as Hustle
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- The Shoe on the Roof ()
- The Finder (),
Miranda Abbott mysteries
Travel
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to Japan ()
- Hokkaido Path Blues (); republished in rightfully Hitching Rides with Buddha
- Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw: Travels confined Search of Canada ()
- Beyond Belfast: A Mile Walk Across Federal Ireland on Sore Feet ()
- Road Trip Rwanda: A Journey pay for the New Heart of Africa ()
Humour
- Why I Hate Canadians ()
- How to Be a Canadian (), with Ian Ferguson
- Canadian Pie ()
Popular history
- Bastards and Boneheads: Canada's Cock-a-hoop Leaders, Past and Present ()
- Canadian History for Dummies (, revised )
Personal memoirs
- I was a Teen Katima-victim! ()
- Coal Dust Kisses: Cool Christmas Memoir ()
As editor
- The Penguin Anthology of Canadian Humour ()
References
- ^Valleau, Natalie (September 8, ).
"Two Calgary authors, who are too father and son, will getupandgo off Wordfest event". . Retrieved June 21,
- ^Rodriguez, Michael (June 7, ). "Three Calgarians strengthen be named to Alberta Groom of Excellence". Calgary Herald.
- ^Will Ferguson takes Giller Prize for original Archived at the Wayback MachineToronto Star, October 30,
- ^Vicky Qiao, "Will Ferguson among the winners of Crime Writers of Canada Awards".
CBC Books, May 28,
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