D. R. MacDonald is the

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of David R. MacDonald, a Canadian-American writer who publishes novels and short stories."D.R. MacDonald: Homing instinct"
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'', October 2007. Born on

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and raised in

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, he is a

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."New fiction: 'The Ice Bridge,' by D.R. MacDonald"
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'', July 29, 2013. He still spend summers at the family homestead in

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, which he purchased in 1971, and his fiction is set in Cape Breton. His novel ''Lauchlin of the Bad Heart'' was a longlisted nominee for the

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in 2007.

Works

* ''Eyestone'' (1988, short stories) * ''Cape Breton Road'' (2001, novel) ** in German: ''Die Straße nach Cape Breton.'' Transl. Heidi Zerning. S. Fischer, Francfort 2002 * ''All the Men Are Sleeping'' (2002, short stories) * ''Lauchlin of the Bad Heart'' (2007, novel) * ''Anna From Away'' (2012, novel) * ''The Ice Bridge'' (2013, novel)

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