D. W. Wilson

D. W. Wilson (David William) (born 1985) is a Canadian author born in Cranbrook, British Columbia. He is the author of the short story collection, Once You Break A Knuckle published under Penguin Books Ltd in Canada and Bloomsbury in the UK. It had positive press from Canadian and UK media sources including CBC News, The Globe and Mail, and The Guardian.

Wilson studied creative writing at the University of East Anglia (MA 2010; PhD 2013). His debut full-length novel, Ballistics, was published in spring 2013.

Awards and honors

2011 BBC National Short Story Award, "The Dead Roads" from Once You Break A Knuckle 2012 Dylan Thomas Prize, shortlist, Once You Break A Knuckle 2013 Waterstones 11, Ballistics

References

Writers from British Columbia

People from Cranbrook, British Columbia

Canadian children's writers

Living people

Alumni of the University of East Anglia

1985 births

Canadian male short story writers

Canadian male novelists

21st-century Canadian novelists

21st-century Canadian short story writers

21st-century Canadian male writers