Johnston, Wayne

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Wayne Johnston (CAN) grew up in Newfoundland where he worked as a journalist for the St. John’s Daily News. After leaving his career in journalism, he devoted himself full-time to writing novels or books. His novel Baltimore’s Mansion was tremendously well received and won The Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction. Both The Colony of Unrequited Dreams and The Navigator of New York have spent extended periods of time on bestseller lists in Canada.  Johnston’s latest novel is A World Elsewhere, an astounding work of literature that questions the loyalties of friends, family and the heart. WordFest alumnus 1998, 2002, 2006

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