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James Arthur MacLean
K.R. Byggdin
BIO
Biography

K.R. Byggdin is the author of Wonder World (Enfield & Wizenty 2022), a book that explores the possibilities of queer belonging in small-town Canada. The novel won the 2023 Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award and was a finalist for the ReLit Award for Fiction. K.R. holds a Bachelor of Arts with honours in English and Creative Writing from Dalhousie University and is currently completing studies towards an MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Guelph. They are also an alum of the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia’s Alistair MacLeod Mentorship program and the Banff Centre’s Emerging Writers Intensive. Their writing has received support from the Canada Council for the Arts and has appeared in anthologies and journals across Canada, the UK, and New Zealand. Born and raised on the Prairies, they now call the East Coast home.

ADDRESS
City: Halifax, Province/Territory: Nova Scotia
EMAIL
GENRE
Fiction
LANGUAGES
English
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
Title
Wonder World
Publisher
Enfield & Wizenty
Year
2022
AWARDS
Awards
Name
Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award
Publication
Atlantic Book Awards
Year
2023
Name
Sheldon Currie Fiction Prize
Publication
The Antigonish Review
Year
2018
LINKS
Links
https://krbyggdin.com/
EQUITY INITIATIVE
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Members who identify as:
LGBTQI2S
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