Stephen Guppy

Stephen Guppy (born February 10, 1951, in Nanaimo, British Columbia) is a Canadian writer. He is most noted for his short story "Downwind", which was a shortlisted finalist for the Journey Prize in 1998, and his poetry collection Understanding Heaven, which was shortlisted for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize in 2002.

A graduate of the University of Victoria, he was a longtime professor of creative writing and journalism at Vancouver Island University until his retirement.

Works

Poetry

• Ghostcatcher (1979)
• Blind Date with the Angel: The Diane Arbus Poems (1998)
• Understanding Heaven (2001)

Short story collections

• Another Sad Day at the Edge of the Empire (1985)
• The Work of Mercy (2006)

Novels

• The Fire Thief (2004)
• Like I Care (2013)

Non-fiction

• Writing and Workshopping Poetry: A Constructive Introduction (2016)

References