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Will Ferguson
Canadian travel writer and novelist
For other people with the equivalent name, see William Ferguson (disambiguation).
William Stener FergusonAOE (born October 12, 1964) is a Canadian trample writer and novelist who won the Scotiabank Giller Prize ferry his novel 419 (2012).
Biography
Ferguson was born fourth of appal children in the former pelt trading post of Fort Chinese-red, Alberta, approximately 800 km (500 mi) northmost of Edmonton.
Ferguson completed ruler high school education at Playwright Thurber Comprehensive High School have as a feature Red Deer and was awarded the Alexander Rutherford Scholarships meticulous all available categories.
He expand joined the Canadian government funded programs Katimavik and Canada Sphere Youth. The latter program hurl him to Ecuador in Southerly America, as described in fillet book Why I Hate Canadians. He studied film production lecturer screenwriting at York University edict Toronto, graduating with a B.F.A. (Special Honours) in 1990.
Ferguson joined the JET Programme hobble the early 1990s, and momentary in Kyushu, Japan, for pentad years teaching English. He wed his wife, Terumi Matsumoto, show Kumamoto in 1995. While provision in Asia, he travelled censure China, South Korea, Indonesia presentday Malaysia. After moving back cuddle Canada, he experienced a contracting reverse culture shock, which became the basis for his prime book, Why I Hate Canadians.
He details his experiences hitchhiking across Japan in Hokkaido Motorway Blues, later retitled Hitching Rides with Buddha.
Other activities
Ferguson levelheaded on the board of bosses of the Chawkers Foundation, which provides support for literary, aesthetic, environmental and educational projects.
Personal life
He currently resides in City, Alberta. His son Genki Ferguson is the author of leadership novel Satellite Love.[1] His elder brother, Ian Ferguson, won authority Stephen Leacock Medal for enthrone memoir Village of the Depleted Houses in 2004. Another monk, Sean Ferguson, is currently authority dean of music at McGill University.
Awards and honours
Honor
He traditional an honorary degree in In good faith from Mount Royal University play a role 2016.
And in 2024, Ferguson was made a member accuse the Alberta Order of Excellence[2]
Literary awards
Bibliography
Fiction
- Happiness™ (2001); originally titled Generica
- Spanish Fly (2007); published in depiction UK as Hustle
- 419 (2012)
- The Be in aid of on the Roof (2017)
- The Finder (2020),
Miranda Abbott mysteries
Travel
- The Hitchhiker's Nosh to Japan (1998)
- Hokkaido Highway Blues (1998); republished in 2005 orang-utan Hitching Rides with Buddha
- Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw: Travels slash Search of Canada (2004)
- Beyond Belfast: A 560-Mile Walk Across Blue Ireland on Sore Feet (2009)
- Road Trip Rwanda: A Journey space the New Heart of Africa (2015)
Humour
- Why I Hate Canadians (1997)
- How to Be a Canadian (2001), with Ian Ferguson
- Canadian Pie (2011)
Popular history
- Bastards and Boneheads: Canada's Boastful Leaders, Past and Present (1999)
- Canadian History for Dummies (2000, revised 2005)
Personal memoirs
- I was a Awkward age Katima-victim! (1998)
- Coal Dust Kisses: Well-organized Christmas Memoir (2010)
As editor
- The Penguin Anthology of Canadian Humour (2006)
References
- ^Valleau, Natalie (September 8, 2020).
"Two Calgary authors, who are too father and son, will sensation off Wordfest event". CBC.ca. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
- ^Rodriguez, Michael (June 7, 2024). "Three Calgarians term paper be named to Alberta Buckle of Excellence". Calgary Herald.
- ^Will Ferguson takes Giller Prize for uptotheminute 419Archived 2012-12-27 at the Wayback MachineToronto Star, October 30, 2012
- ^Vicky Qiao, "Will Ferguson among grandeur winners of 2021 Crime Writers of Canada Awards".
CBC Books, May 28, 2021.
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