Sheldon John Currie (born 1934) is a Canadian author, critic and professor emeritus at

St. Francis Xavier University St. Francis Xavier University is a public undergraduate liberal arts university located in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is a member of the Maple League, a group of primarily undergraduate universities in Eastern Canada. History St. Fran ...

. His books include ''The Glace Bay Miners' Museum'', ''The Company Store'' and ''Down the Coaltown Road''. A movie, ''

Margaret's Museum ''Margaret's Museum'' is a 1995 Canadian-British drama film directed by Mort Ransen and based on Sheldon Currie's novel ''The Glace Bay Miners' Museum''. It stars Helena Bonham Carter, Clive Russell, and Kate Nelligan. The film won six Gen ...

'', was based on ''The Glace Bay Miners' Museum''. Currie was born in

Reserve Mines Reserve Mines (2009 pop.: 2,402) is a community in Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Regional Municipality. It is located immediately west of Glace Bay and 10 kilometres northeast of Sydney. The J.A. Douglas McCurdy Sydney Airport is located in the w ...

Cape Breton Cape Breton Island (, formerly '; or '; ) is a rugged and irregularly shaped island on the Atlantic coast of North America and part of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. The island accounts for 18.7% of Nova Scotia's total area. Although ...

as one of five children.Writers Federation bio
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1934 births Living people Canadian male novelists Canadian male short story writers 20th-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights Academic staff of St. Francis Xavier University Canadian male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Canadian short story writers 20th-century Canadian novelists 20th-century Canadian male writers Members of the Order of Canada Novelists from Nova Scotia {{NovaScotia-stub