Cary Fagan
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Cary Fagan (born 1957) is a Canadian writer of novels, short stories, and children's books. His novel, The Student, was a finalist for the Toronto Book Award and the Governor General's Literary Award. Previously a short-story collection, My Life Among the Apes, was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and his widely praised adult novel, A Bird's Eye, was shortlisted for the 2013 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. His novel Valentine's Fall was nominated for the 2010 Toronto Book Award.[1] Since publishing his first original children's book in 2001, he has published 25 children's titles.[2]
Fagan was born in 1957 in Toronto, Ontario. He grew up in the Toronto suburbs and attended the University of Toronto, graduating with a degree in English and winning eight student awards.[3] He has lived for short periods in London and New York City, and now lives in Toronto. He is married to Rebecca Comay, a member of the philosophy department at the University of Toronto. He has two daughters, a step-son, and a step-daughter. Along with Bernard Kelly and Rebecca Comay, he co-publishes and edits a small press, called espresso.
Fagan has received a Toronto Book Award, two Jewish Book Awards, and a Mr Christie silver medal.[4]
Prizes and honours
- 1994 Jewish Book Award for Fiction (The Animals' Waltz)
- 2004 World Storytelling Award (U.S.) (The Market Wedding)
- 2009 Quill & Quire Book of the Year (Jacob Two-Two on the High Seas)
- )2012 IODE Jean Throop Book Award (Mr. Zinger's Hat
- 2013 Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award (Mr. Zinger's Hat)
- 2014 Vicki Metcalf Award for Children's Literature (body of work)
- 2019 Joan Betty Stuchner—Oy Vey!--Funniest Children's Book Award (Mort Ziff is not Dead)
- 2022 Canadian Jewish Literary Award (Great Adventures for the Faint of Heart)
- 2023 Forward Silver Award for Humor (The Animals)
- 2023 Vine Award For Jewish Canadian Literature (Water, Water)
- Runners-up, etc.
- 1990 Finalist, Toronto Book Awards (City Hall and Mrs. God)
- 2000 Sydney Taylor Honor Book (U.S.) (The Market Wedding)
- 2004 Silver Birch Award Honour Book (The Fortress of Kaspar Snit)
- 2008 Finalist, TD Canadian Children's Literature Award (Thing-Thing)
- 2008 Silver Birch Express Award Honour Book (Ten Lessons for Kaspar Snit)
- 2008 Finalist, Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award (Thing-Thing)
- 2010 Finalist, Toronto Book Awards (Valentine's Fall)
- 2012 Longlist, Scotiabank Giller Prize (My Life Among the Apes)
- 2013 Finalist, Rogers Writers Trust Fiction Prize ("A Bird's Eye")
- 2015 Finalist, John Spray Mystery Award (The Show to End all Shows)
- 2019 Finalist, Toronto Book Award (The Student)
- 2019 Finalist, Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction (The Student)
- 2019 Finalist, Governor General's Literary Award for Illustrated Children's Book (King Mouse)
