Lesley Choyce

Lesley Choyce is the author of several books of literary fiction, poetry,

creative nonfiction and young adult novels. He teaches Creative Writing at

Dalhousie University and his books have been published in Danish, German,

Spanish, French, Swedish and Slovenian. He has won The Dartmouth Book

Award, The Atlantic Poetry Prize and The Ann Connor Brimer Award and has

been short-listed for the Governor-General's Award. He lives at Lawrencetown

Beach, Nova Scotia, where he surfs year-round in the North Atlantic.

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"Choyce has a feeling for the young and dispossessed, for the terrible angst of adolescence and the rituals of rebellion." - THE GLOBE AND MAIL

 

"Stunning originality and lyrical brilliance." - THE VANCOUVER SUN

 

"He risks everything." - THE CALGARY HERALD

 

"His body of work defies categorization." - MACLEANS

 

"A national treasure." - OTTAWA CITIZEN

 

"Life enhancing, life celebrating." - QUILL AND QUIRE

 

Lesley's books with Moose House:

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In The Kingdom of Cheese There Are No Heroes.

​Hopeless (available by the end of August, 2025)

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