Nationality Canadian American Name D. Bechard | Role Novelist | |
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Notable awards Commonwealth Writers Prize Books Vandal Love, Empty Hands - Open Ar, Bonobo Inc: The Race to S |
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Deni Ellis Béchard (born British Columbia) is a Canadian-American novelist.
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- Race and the myth of the american outlaw deni ellis b chard tedxnapavalley
- La rsistance Rature et lit
- Life
- Works
- References

His novel, Vandal Love (2006), won the 2007 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book. It was a finalist for the 2009 Combat des livres, broadcast on Radio-Canada.
La résistance : Rature et lit
Life

Béchard was born to French-Canadian and American parents. He graduated from Marlboro College in 1997, from Middlebury College, and from the University of Guelph. He was French editor at The Adirondack Review from 2002-2004.

Though, in French, "Deni" is normally spelled "Denis," his mother named him "Deni." In French, the "s" on "Denis" is silent, and his mother removed it because she wanted English speakers to pronounce his name correctly. In 2015, he changed his middle name to Ellis, taking his mother's maiden name to honor her.

He has traveled in over sixty countries and doesn't have a permanent home, though he is often in Boston, New York, and Montreal.
Works
