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Guy Vanderhaeghe was born and raised in Esterhazy, Saskatchewan. At university he studied history and education, but since 1983 he has worked primarily as a writer and teacher of writing across Canada, most recently in Saskatoon where he taught post-secondary creative writing. He now writes full-time. In 1982 he won the Governor-General’s Award for his first book, a collection of short stories entitled Man Descending. He won the Governor-General’s Award a second time in 1996 for his most recent novel, The Englishman’s Boy. He has published three novels, one collection of short stories, and two plays.

Bibliography

The Englishman’s boy. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1996.

Dancock’s dance. Winnipeg: Blizzard Pub., 1996.

I had a job I liked. Once. Saskatoon: Fifth House, 1992.

Things as they are?: short stories. Toronto : McClelland & Stewart, 1992.

Homesick: a novel. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1989.

My present age: a novel. Toronto : Macmillan of Canada, 1984.

The trouble with heroes: and other stories. Ottawa: Borealis Press, 1983.

Man Descending: selected stories. Toronto Macmillan of Canada, 1982.