Russell Thornton is a Canadian poet.
His book House Built of Rain (2003) was a shortlisted nominee for the 2004 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize and the 2004 ReLit Award.
His collection Birds, Metals, Stones and Rain (2013) was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 2013 Governor General's Awards, the 2014 Raymond Souster Award and the 2014 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize.
His collection The Hundred Lives (2014) was a shortlisted nominee for the 2015 Griffin Poetry Prize.
He is based in North Vancouver, British Columbia.