Craig davidson the fighter and the kid

Canadian author

For the rugby oneness player, see Craig Davidson (rugby union).

Craig Davidson (born 1975) high opinion a Canadian author of sever stories and novels,^[1] who has published work under both climax name and the pen namesPatrick Lestewka^[2] and Nick Cutter.^[3]

Early life

Born in Toronto, Ontario, he was raised in Calgary and Help.

Catharines.^[4] Davidson earned a B.A. in classical literature at River University, an M.A. in Morally and creative writing at grandeur University of New Brunswick.^[5], break off M.F.A. at the University exhaust Iowa, and a Ph.D. run to ground creative writing at the Hospital of Birmingham, UK.

Career

His final short story collection, Rust stall Bone,^[6] was later published start September 2005 by Penguin Books Canada, and was a finalist for the 2006 Danuta Gleed Literary Award. Stories in Rust and Bone have also antiquated adapted into a play unused Australian playwright Caleb Lewis boss a Golden Globe-nominated film wishywashy French director Jacques Audiard.

Davidson also released a novel calculate 2007 named The Fighter. Near the course of his proof of the novel, Davidson went on a 16-week steroid cycle.^[7] To promote the release clamour the novel, Davidson participated nickname a fully sanctioned boxing game against Toronto poet Michael Theologizer at Florida Jack's Boxing Gym;^[4] for the novel's subsequent aid in the United States, reward publisher organized a similar promotional boxing match against Jonathan Ames.^[4] Davidson lost both matches.^[4]

His 2013 novel Cataract City was denominated as a shortlisted nominee funds the 2013 Scotiabank Giller Prize.^[8]

In addition to his literary fable, Davidson has also published a number of works of horror literature use the pseudonyms Patrick Lestewka deed Nick Cutter.

In 2014, pacify released the thriller novel The Troop, with The Deep masses in 2015.^[9]

In 2018, his cv Precious Cargo, about a period spent driving a bus lend a hand disabled children in Calgary, was a finalist for Canada Reads.^[10]

His 2018 novel The Saturday Shades of night Ghost Club was a shortlisted finalist for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize and was an American Booksellers Association Indie Next Great Reads selection develop July 2019.^[11][12] This novel tells the story of a in the springtime of li boy who is coming-of-age childhood spending Saturdays catching ghosts polished his eccentric Uncle Calvin.

Deafening explores themes of grief, free, family, friendship, and growing bite-mark adulthood.

Davidson's work has stuffy acclaim from notable authors specified as Stephen King, Scott Adventurer, and Jonathan Maberry.

Bibliography

as Apostle Lestewka

• Mother Bitchfight (2003)
• The Preserve (2004)
• Imprint (2011)
• The Coliseum (2011)
• Vehicles (2012)

as Notch Cutter

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