Clifford Jackman
Canadian lawyer and writer
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Clifford Jackman is a Canadian lawyer and writer. He is best known for his 2015 novel The Winter Family, which was a longlisted nominee for the Scotiabank Giller Prize[1] and a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction.[2]
Clifford Jackman | |
|---|---|
| Born | Deep River, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Writing career | |
| Genres | Novelist, short stories |
| Notable work | The Winter Family |
Born in Deep River, Ontario, Canada and raised in Ottawa,[3] Jackman studied English literature at York University and law at Osgoode Hall Law School. He was called to the Bar of Ontario in 2009, and practices law in Guelph, Ontario.[3]
Prior to The Winter Family, Jackman published two volumes of short stories and a mystery novel with Manor House Publishing. The Winter Family was his first book to be published by Random House of Canada.[3]
Works
- Deeper
- Jackman's Cliff
- The Black Box
- The Winter Family (2015)
- The Braver Thing (2020)[4]
