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              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
          
          
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            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
          
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            EQUITY INITIATIVE
          
          
          As part of the Union’s Equity Implementation Plan, we are committed to increasing awareness of authors who are Black, Indigenous, racialized, LGBTQI2S, or living with a disability. This author identifies as:
            
  
    
              
      
          
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            Programs & Interests
          
           
                Interested in participating Union’s Ontario Writers-in-the-Schools program:
              
              All members are eligible for the Union’s Ontario Writers-in-the-Schools program. Are you interested in participating in this pro
              Yes
          
                Interested in participating in the Northern Ontario WITS program:
              
              The Union’s Northern Ontario Writers-in-the-Schools program funds in-person visits to northern Ontario schools when possible. Ar
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