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Cary Fagan
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Cary Fagan
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Cary Fagan (born 1957) is a Canadian writer of novels, short stories, and children's books. His widely praised adult novel, A Bird's Eye, was shortlisted for the 2013 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. Previously, his novel Valentine's Fall was nominated for the 2010 Toronto Book Award. Since publishing his first original children's book in 2001, he has published 21 children's titles.
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. 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 and two step-sons. Along with Bernard Kelly, he co-publishes and edits a small press, paperplates books.
Fagan has received a Toronto Book Award, two Jewish Book Awards, and a Mr Christie silver medal.
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)
2013 Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award (Mr. Zinger's Hat)
2014 Vicki Metalf Award for Children's Literature (body of work)