Steven Heighton

Steven Heighton’s most recent books are a novel, The Nightingale Won’t Let You Sleep, and a poetry collection, The Waking Comes Late, which received the 2016 Governor General’s Award for Poetry. His novel Afterlands has appeared in six countries, was a New York Times Book Review editors’ Choice, and is in pre-production for film. He has taught creative writing or served as a writer in residence for McGill University, Massey College, Queen's, Concordia, the Banff Centre, UPEI, the University of Ottawa, SLS, Sage Hill, and, currently, Athabasca University.