Paul Quarrington

…is a novelist and musician, an award-winning screenwriter, filmmaker, and an acclaimed non-fiction writer.His novel The Ravine is arriving in stores March 11, 2008. His last novel, Galveston, was nominated for the Giller; Whale Music won the Governor General’s Award for Fiction in 1989. Quarrington has also won the Stephen Leacock Medal for King Leary, as is the winner of 2008’s Canada Reads.As a musician, he currently plays in the band Porkbelly Futures, releasing their self-titled second CD in April 2008; the first, “Way Past Midnight” was extremely well received and the band continues to tour throughout North America. Paul also performs as a solo vocalist on guitar.His screenplays have won many awards, and he is in high demand as a story editor for feature films and television.Paul ’s filmmaking talents will also have a turn in the cycle with the short film release, Pavane, a BookShort he has written and will direct adapted from his most recent novel, The Ravine.His non-fiction writing include books on some of his favourite pastimes such as fishing, hockey and music.He regularly contributes book reviews, travel columns and journalism to Canada’s national newspapers and magazines.Paul lives and works in Toronto, where he teaches writing at Humber College and sits on the Board of Directors for the Fringe Theatre Festival. Quarrington is also an (extremely) amateur magician and a would-be mariner.

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