About the Author

Andre Alexis was born in Trinidad and grew up in Canada. His debut novel, Childhood, won the Chapters/Books in Canada First Novel Award and the Trillium Award, and was shortlisted for The Giller Prize and the Rogers Communications Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. Alexis is the host and creator of CBC Radio's Skylarking. He lives in Toronto.

Reviews

Praise for Childhood
“André Alexis is a genuine talent.” — Richard Bachmann, A Different Drummer Books

“Alexis [has an] astute understanding of the madly shimmering, beautifully weaving patterns created by what we have agreed to call memory.” — Ottawa Citizen

“Although Canada boasts many promising young writers, the most promising of all may be André Alexis. . . .” — London Free Press

“Alexis already knows what it takes many grey wise men a lifetime to realize: that neither memory nor history is a straight line.” — Edmonton Journal

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