Occupation writer Notable works The Winter Family | Name Clifford Jackman | |
Genre novelist, short stories | ||
Clifford Jackman
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 and a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction.
Contents
Born in Deep River, Ontario and raised in Ottawa, 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.
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.
Works
References
Clifford Jackman Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA