Lesley Choyce (born 21 March 1951) (m. Linda Choyce) is a Canadian author of

novel A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itself ...

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, young adult novels, and

poetry Poetry (derived from the Greek '' poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meani ...

. He is the author of more than 100 books for adults, teens and children, and teaches in the English department and transition year program at

Dalhousie University Dalhousie University (commonly known as Dal) is a large public research university in Nova Scotia, Canada, with three campuses in Halifax, a fourth in Bible Hill, and a second medical school campus in Saint John, New Brunswick. Dalhousie offer ...

. He is a year-round surfer and founding member of the 1990s spoken word rock band The SurfPoets. Choyce also runs Pottersfield Press, a small literary publishing house. He hosted the national TV show ''Off The Page'' for many years. His books have been translated into Spanish, French, German and Danish, and he has been awarded the Dartmouth Book Award and the Ann Connor Brimer Award. He lives at Lawrencetown Beach,

Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland". Most of the population are native Eng ...

References

*''Canadian Who's Who.'' Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, etc.. *''Contemporary Authors,'' Volume 130. Chicago: Gale Research, 1989. *''Contemporary Authors,'' Volume 211. Chicago: Thompson Gale, 2004. (feature biography). *''Dictionary of International Biography.'' Cambridge: International Bibliographic Centre, 1999. *''International Authors and Writers Who's Who''. Cambridge: Int. Bibliographic Centre, 1996. *''International Who's Who''. London: Routledge, 2009. *''Something About Authors''. Chicago: Gale Research, 1997. *''Who's Who in America''. Chicago: Marquis Publishing, 1985. *''Who's Who of North American Poets''. Cornwall, Ont.: Vesta Publishing, 1987. *''Who's Who in Canadian Literature''. Toronto: Reference Press, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, etc. *''Who's Who in the World''. Eight Ed. Wilmette, Ill.: Marquis, 1993. *''Who's Who in Entertainment.'' New Providence, NJ: Marquis, 1997.

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