Trevor Cole has been called "one of the best young novelists in Canada" by The Globe and Mail. His first novel, Norman Bray in the Performance of His Life, published in 2004, garnered enormous acclaim. It appeared on the Maclean’s bestseller list, was adapted for radio and audio book, was short-listed for a Governor General's Literary award and the Commonwealth Writer's Prize for Best First Book (Can-Carib region) and was long-listed for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. His second novel, The Fearsome Particles, published in September of 2006, won for Cole his second Governor General's award nomination, and his second appearance on the long list for the IMPAC. Practical Jean, published with McClelland & Stewart in September of 2010, is his third novel. It was short-listed for the Rogers Writer's Trust Fiction Prize and recently won the 2011 Leacock Medal for Humour.

As a journalist, Cole specializes in long-form magazine pieces. He has won nine National Magazine Awards including three gold medals. You can find more details here.