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Trevor Cole was recently called "one of the best
young novelists in Canada" by The Globe and
Mail. He has worked everywhere from a
factory floor to the boardroom of a national
newspaper. Since 1982 he’s made his living
from words, first as a radio copywriter, typing
out 30-second spots for bun shops, furriers and
Nissan dealerships, then as a magazine editor,
then as an award-winning journalist. Aside from
an eight-month detour as the Globe and
Mail’s travel editor, he spent 15 years in
the newspaper’s magazine division,
culminating in a successful three-year stint as a
senior writer at Report on Business Magazine.
Upon leaving the Globe in 2001 he wrote a
fortnightly satirical column for Canadian
Business, which for two years existed as a
notorious irritant to many of Canada’s most
prominent business leaders.
While still a journalist writing feature stories for Toronto Life, Report on Business Magazine and other publications, Cole has for the last several years devoted a great part of his energies to fiction. His first novel, Norman Bray in the Performance of His Life, published in 2004, garnered enormous acclaim, appeared on the Maclean’s bestseller list, was adapted for radio and audio book, and was nominated for a Governor General's Literary award and several others, which you can see below. His second novel, The Fearsome Particles, published in September, won for Cole his second Governor General's award nomination.
While still a journalist writing feature stories for Toronto Life, Report on Business Magazine and other publications, Cole has for the last several years devoted a great part of his energies to fiction. His first novel, Norman Bray in the Performance of His Life, published in 2004, garnered enormous acclaim, appeared on the Maclean’s bestseller list, was adapted for radio and audio book, and was nominated for a Governor General's Literary award and several others, which you can see below. His second novel, The Fearsome Particles, published in September, won for Cole his second Governor General's award nomination.
2007:
— The Fearsome Particles was long-listed for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.
— Cole won two National Magazine Awards (silver) for profiles of Stuart Mclean and Blue Jays pitcher A.J. Burnett.
2006:
— The Fearsome Particles was short-listed for the Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction.
2005:
— Cole scored a record six National Magazine Award nominations for writing.
— Norman Bray in the Performance of His Life was long-listed for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.
— Norman Bray ... was short-listed for the Commonwealth Regional Writer's Prize for Best First Book.
2004:
— Norman Bray ... was short-listed for the Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction.
— Cole won The City of Hamilton Arts Award for Literature.
2002:
— Won the National Magazine Award (Silver) for Humour
— Won the National Magazine Award (Silver) for Columns
— Won the Rogers Publishing Award (Best Editorial/ Columns)
2000:
— Won the National Magazine Award (Gold) for Business
1999:
— Won the Business Journalism Award First Prize (Magazines)
1998:
— Won the National Magazine Award (Gold) for Business
— Won the Business Journalism Award First Prize (Magazines)
— The Fearsome Particles was long-listed for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.
— Cole won two National Magazine Awards (silver) for profiles of Stuart Mclean and Blue Jays pitcher A.J. Burnett.
2006:
— The Fearsome Particles was short-listed for the Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction.
2005:
— Cole scored a record six National Magazine Award nominations for writing.
— Norman Bray in the Performance of His Life was long-listed for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.
— Norman Bray ... was short-listed for the Commonwealth Regional Writer's Prize for Best First Book.
2004:
— Norman Bray ... was short-listed for the Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction.
— Cole won The City of Hamilton Arts Award for Literature.
2002:
— Won the National Magazine Award (Silver) for Humour
— Won the National Magazine Award (Silver) for Columns
— Won the Rogers Publishing Award (Best Editorial/ Columns)
2000:
— Won the National Magazine Award (Gold) for Business
1999:
— Won the Business Journalism Award First Prize (Magazines)
1998:
— Won the National Magazine Award (Gold) for Business
— Won the Business Journalism Award First Prize (Magazines)
Agent: Bruce Westwood
Westwood Creative Artists
94 Harbord Street
Toronto, ON
Canada
416-964-3302
Publicist: Catherine Whiteside
McClelland & Stewart
Tel: 416-598-1114 / 262
1-800-788-1074
Fax: 416-598-7764
cwhiteside@mcclelland.com
Contact Trevor Cole
I'd like to know what you think about the novels or anything you see on this site.
Westwood Creative Artists
94 Harbord Street
Toronto, ON
Canada
416-964-3302
Publicist: Catherine Whiteside
McClelland & Stewart
Tel: 416-598-1114 / 262
1-800-788-1074
Fax: 416-598-7764
cwhiteside@mcclelland.com
Contact Trevor Cole
I'd like to know what you think about the novels or anything you see on this site.