K.R. Byggdin
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Occupationnovelist
NationalityCanadian
Period2020s–present
Notable worksWonder World
K.R. Byggdin | |
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| Occupation | novelist |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Period | 2020s–present |
| Notable works | Wonder World |
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K.R. Byggdin (born 1991) is a Canadian novelist from Halifax, Nova Scotia.[1]
Byggdin began publishing short fiction in 2018, with publications in The Antigonish Review, Grain, and others.
Their debut novel, Wonder World, was published by Enfield & Wizenty (Great Plains Press) in 2022.[2] The novel tells the story of a 27-year-old pansexual Mennonite man named Isaac Funk who returns to his small Manitoba town after years on the East Coast.[3]
Wonder World won the Thomas Head Raddall Award at the 2023 Atlantic Book Awards,[4] and was a finalist for the 2023 ReLit Award for fiction.[5]
