Michael Winter
Canadian novelist and short-story writer from Newfoundland whose fiction is deeply rooted in the landscape and history of that province. The Big Why is his most celebrated novel. He is an important voice in Atlantic Canadian literature.
Works
- The Big WhyPainter and filmmaker in Newfoundland obsessed with a mysterious figure
- This All HappenedInterconnected stories of desire and consequence in rural Newfoundland
- The Death of Donna WhalenMan investigates the mysterious death of his childhood friend
- Into the BlizzardArctic explorer confronts his obsession and the sublime wilderness
- Minister Without PortfolioSon seeks reconciliation with his father through political activism