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Photo credit
James Arthur MacLean
K.R. Byggdin
BIO
Biography
K.R. Byggdin is the author of Wonder World (Enfield & Wizenty 2022), a ReLit Award finalist and winner of the Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award. They hold an MFA from the University of Guelph and their writing has appeared in anthologies and journals across Canada, the UK, and New Zealand. Born and raised on the Prairies, they now call the East Coast home.
ADDRESS
City: Halifax,
Province/Territory: Nova Scotia
EMAIL
c/o TWUC
GENRE
Fiction
LANGUAGES
English
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
Title
Wonder World
Publisher
Enfield & Wizenty
Year
2022
AWARDS
Awards
Name
Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award
Publication
Atlantic Book Awards
Year
2023
Name
Sheldon Currie Fiction Prize
Publication
The Antigonish Review
Year
2018
LINKS
Links
EQUITY INITIATIVE
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