Wayne Johnston (writer)
Wayne Johnston | |
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Wayne Johnston at the Eden Mills Writers' Festival in 2013 | |
| Born | 22 May 1958 Goulds, Newfoundland, Canada |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Genre | Fiction, Non-Fiction |
| Notable works | Novels: The Colony of Unrequited Dreams, The Divine Ryans |
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Wayne Johnston (born May 22, 1958) is a Canadian novelist. His fiction deals primarily with the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, often in a historical setting. In 2011 Johnston was awarded the Writers' Trust Engel/Findley Award in recognition of his overall contribution to Canadian Literature.