Michael Crummey

Michael Crummey is the author of seven books of poetry and a collection of short stories, Flesh and Blood(opens in new tab). He is also the author of the novels The Wreckage(opens in new tab), a national bestseller and finalist for the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize; Galore(opens in new tab), winner of the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best Novel and finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award; Sweetland(opens in new tab), a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award; and The Innocents, a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, and the Governor General’s Literary Award. His most recent novel, The Adversary(opens in new tab), was a #1 national bestseller.

Michael Crummey lives in St. John’s, Newfoundland.