Kris Bertin is a Canadian writer, whose debut short story collection Bad Things Happen won the 2017 Danuta Gleed Literary Award[1] and the 2017 ReLit Award for Short Fiction.[2]
Kris Bertin | |
|---|---|
| Born | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | Canadian |
Based in Halifax, Nova Scotia,[3] he was a longlisted Journey Prize nominee in 2012 for his short story "Is Alive and Can Move".[3] His work has been published in The Malahat Review, Prism International, The New Quarterly and The Antigonish Review.[3]
Bad Things Happen was published in 2016 by Biblioasis.[4] His first graphic novel The Case of the Missing Men, illustrated by Alexander Forbes, was published by Conundrum Press in 2017.[5]
His second short story collection, Use Your Imagination!, was shortlisted for the 2020 ReLit Award for fiction.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Halifax author Kris Bertin wins $10,000 Danuta Gleed Literary Award". Penticton Herald, June 3, 2017.
- ^ "Kris Bertin wins ReLit Award for short story collection Bad Things Happen". CBC Books, July 16, 2018.
- ^ a b c "Author Kris Bertin seeks connections". Halifax Chronicle-Herald, October 7, 2012.
- ^ "Bad Things Happen, by Kris Bertin". Quill & Quire, March 2016.
- ^ "Review: Bertin and Forbes’s The Case of the Missing Men is densely detailed". The Globe and Mail, February 22, 2018.
- ^ "38 books shortlisted for 2020 ReLit Awards". CBC Books, April 27, 2021.
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