Sean Dixon is a Canadian playwright."Dixon, Sean"
''Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia'', April 13, 2023. He is most noted for his 2014 stage play ''A God in Need of Help'', which was a

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nominee for English-language drama at the

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, Dixon began his career as an actor, and was a cofounder of the

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-based Primus theatre company in the late 1980s. His early plays included ''Dog Day'' (1989), ''Falling Back Home'' (1990) ''End of the World Romance'' (1991), ''1492'' (1992), ''District of Centuries'' (1995), ''Billy Nothin'' (1999), and ''The Epic Period'' (2001). He received

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nominations for Best Original Play, Independent Theatre in 1993 for ''1492'', and Best Original Play, General Theatre in 2014 for ''A God in Need of Help''. His subsequent plays have included ''The Wilberforce Hotel'' (2015) and ''The Orange Dot'' (2017). He has also published two fantasy novels for young readers, ''The Feathered Cloak'' (2007) and ''The Winter Drey'' (2009), and the adult novels ''The Girls Who Saw Everything'' (2007) ''The Many Revenges of Kip Flynn'' (2011) and ''The Abduction of Seven Forgers'' (2023).Andrew Woodrow-Butcher
"The Abduction of Seven Forgers"
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'', August 2023. He lives in

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, and is married to documentary filmmaker

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