"a
lyrical, contemplative writer" The
Globe and Mail (Toronto)
"Terence
M. Green... a writer in the tradition of Ray Bradbury and Theodore Sturgeon, a
deeply humanistic student of character" The
Edmonton Journal
"ranking
among the best in Canadian literature... one of Toronto's finest writers" BLOGTO.com
St.
Louis Post-Dispatch: "Terence
Green, a deft storyteller"
The
Atlanta Constitution: "he
writes with a real and rare sympathy for his characters"
Margaret
Cannon in The Globe and Mail:
"Terence M. Green, one of my favorite authors and too little seen to suit
me"
Books
In Canada: "expect the unexpected
from Green"
Western
News: "a vividly rich grasp of human
relations"
The
Kingston Whig-Standard: "a
talented writer from whom we will no doubt hear more"
Andrew
Weiner (Author of This is the Year Zero, etc.):
"Green is a literary alchemist, spinning gold from the dross
of
everyday life... a writer who could turn a shopping list into a haiku."
The
Ottawa Citizen: "Terence
Green is a wonderfully evocative writer... he deserves to be much more
widely read"
Ian
Lancashire (Professor Emeritus of English, University of Toronto):
"among the finest and most unjustly neglected
of
Canadian novelists... Do not make the mistake of thinking Green's works
'genre fiction.' They belong on everyone's shelves."
The acclaimed Ashland
saga,
newly available from Open
Road Media (click
on covers above)
(Also Available from Open Road Media)
The explosive Mitch
Helwig novels, available from Phoenix
Pick (click
on covers above)
Faculty of Arts and Humanities Department of English and Writing Studies LECTURER Creative Writing (September, 2005-)
WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE Mohawk
College Hamilton, Ontario (2003-2004)
Author of 8 books (7 novels and
a short story collection),
recipient of a total of 9Canada
Council,
Ontario Arts Council and Toronto Arts Council grants
for fiction writing,
2-time World Fantasy Award
finalist,
5-time Prix Aurora Award
finalist,
with work translated into French, Italian,
Danish, Polish and Portuguese.
Profiled in Contemporary Authors
(10,000
word entry), The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature, Canadian Who's Who, The
Dictionary of Literary Biography and Books in Canada. Praised in The New York Times,
The
San Francisco Chronicle,
The Globe and Mail, The Toronto
Star, The Ottawa Citizen, The Atlanta Constitution, novel Shadow of Ashland (more
than 1/4 million printed) selected as
a "Top 3 Fiction Pick of the
Year" by The Edmonton Journal(Jan.
11, 1997) and "The Book You Have To Read"
by Entertainment Weekly(Sept. 26, 2003)
[circ: 1.6 million].
The Ashland trilogy of novels (Shadow of Ashland, A Witness to Life,
St. Patrick's Bed) now available as eBooks & Audiobooks. The digital world is here. Download easily on your Kindle, Kobo,
iPad, etc.
(click on images below)
____
"everydayness
raised to the level of literary extraordinary." - Western News
Ashland novels (above) now Audiobooks,
through
Audible.com,
the world's largest audio retailer, exclusive provider of audio material
to both Amazon and iTunes [downloadable to your iPhone,
iPad, Android, Kindle Fire, Windows Phone,
and over 500 mp3 players,
including Apple, iPod...]
"Terry
Green... certainly one of Canada's finest writers" Charles
de Lint (Nebula
nominated
novelist, and author of World Fantasy Award Winner Moonlight
and Vines, etc.) -------- "Each
time I think Terence Green couldn't possibly do better, he simply writes
another novel. The power, the originality, and the feeling in his novels
is that of a master novelist, possibly the best writer I know." J. Madison
Davis (Novelist
and Senior Professor, Professional Writing Program, University of Oklahoma, author
of Edgar Award nominated The
Murder of Frau Schutz, etc.)
"Terence Green's science fiction is quintessentially
Canadian, with its graceful focus on characterization, its rhetorical understatement,
its placing of characters in a complex social environment, as well as its
refusal to explore techhnology for its own sake alone." - Douglas Barbour (Professor Emeritus
of English, University of Alberta) St. James Guide to Science Fiction Writers
"It reminded me of Gulliver's Travels
and Stranger in a Strange Land... Green's writing is a beautiful thing, ranking
among the best in Canadian literature... It is a wonderful, wise and emotional novel
by one of Toronto's finest writers." -
BLOGTO Sunday,
April 8, 2007
"Not since Papillon have the horrors
of penal colonies been so vividly portrayed... A gripping read... While the story may
have science fiction elements to it, it's the human drama and Green's elegant
prose that carry the day." -
Andy's Anachronisms (timetravelreviews.com)
"The book is both satiric and moving." - The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature
Sailing
Time's Ocean(Red Deer/Fitzhenry
& Whiteside, Canada, 2006) St.
Patrick's Bed (Forge Books, NY, 2001; Open Road
Media, NY, 2014) A Witness
to Life (Forge Books, NY, 1999; Open Road Media,
NY, 2014) Blue
Limbo (Tor Books, NY, 1997; Arc Manor/PhoenixPick,
2009) Shadow
of Ashland (Forge Books, NY, 1996; Open Road Media,
NY, 2014) Children
of the Rainbow(McClelland & Stewart, Canada,
1992) Barking
Dogs (St. Martin's
Press, NY, 1988; Arc Manor/Phoenix Pick, 2010)
Short Story Collection
The Woman
Who is the Midnight Wind (Pottersfield Press,
Canada, 1987)
Forge Books
and Tor Books (mentioned above and
below) are imprints of
Tom Doherty Associates,
owned and distributed by
St. Martin's Press,
175 Fifth Ave., New York,
NY
10010 USA
AUTOBIOGRAPHY (10,000 words) from
Contemporary Authors 2003
(updates: 2008; 2010)
St. Patrick's Bed
the long-awaited sequel to Shadow of Ashland,
published by Forge Books (Tom Doherty Associates,
NY),
.
(Canadian Distributor: H.B. Fenn & Co. Ltd.)
hardcover, 1st edition (2001) ISBN 0-765-30043-5:
$US21.95
$Cdn31.95
trade paperback (2002) ISBN 0-765-30044-3:
$US12.95
$Cdn17.95
The
Globe and Mail:"(a)
modern ghost story...
Green expertly commingles
the mythical past with the hard truths of the present in Leo Nolan's aspiration
to be a good father and a good son in this heartfelt novel... It takes
a special writer to delineate the complexities of blood kinship while maintaining
the reader's sympathy for each character."
Charles
de Lint (F&SF): "deeply satisfying... will appeal to
a wide readership,
one I hope he achieves.
One he deserves to achieve."
Midwest Book Review: "an
exultant relationship drama that fans of contemporary tales will enjoy."
The Danforth Review:
"deeply
heartfelt... the ending of this book was like a large blast of fireworks."
Bruce Gillespie (editor,
SF Commentary, in *brg*): "St
Patrick's Bed... has a natty ghost story hidden in it, but at
heart it's an ambitious book about the most interesting subject of all:
how best can we live, given the limited choices offered to most of us?...
The temptation is to read this as a simple book, but its multiple echoes
and possibilities give it an epic scope. At 220 pages, St. Patrick's
Bed is one of few recent novels that has the right length."
Kirkus
Reviews:"A
phenomenal idea, like applying the detail of Joyce's Dublin or the techniques
of Dos Passos's USA to a single family."
Booklist:
"profoundly moving... well paced and beautifully written... readers will
feel that their spirit has... found something precious they didn't even
know they were looking for."
Publishers Weekly: "Green's
prose is sure and smooth, and the story is poignant."
The Toronto Star: "a
beautiful novel about death, memory and search for meaning in family relationships."
Sunday Sun-Sentinel (Ft.
Lauderdale): "a historical novel with elements of magical realism,
an imaginative reconstruction of the life of a real person... rich in period
detail."
Dallas Morning News:
"Mr. Green's remembrance of things past becomes an emotionally charged
experience that will not soon be forgotten."
The Edmonton Journal: "compassionate
and understated narration... a moving vision of the way life used to be
lived... it indicates the magic of the everyday, and the necessity of recognizing
that magic while we can."
The Denver Post: "A multigenerational
family saga told by a most unusual narrator... Chapter headings feature
quotes from Thomas Merton in this surrealistic tale of defining moments
and hidden patterns in human life."
The
Globe & Mail: "Green's Joycean celebration of Toronto
is worth a shelf full of histories. It comes alive in a way only the best
fiction can, allowing the reader to be a witness to the life of Martin
Radey and the city he called home."
The
Danforth Review: A Witness to Life now joins the tradition
of great Toronto novels, settling beside, among others, Morley Callaghan's
works, Hugh Garner's Cabbagetown, Wyndham Lewis'
Self-Condemned,
Margaret Atwood's Cat's Eye, and Michael Ondaatje's In the Skin
of the Lion. Green's latest novel does not wither in this company."
*Required
Reading, Professional Writing Program, University of Oklahoma
Cited
on Imagining Toronto:
The City of Stories (web site hoisted by A.L. Harris, Dept. of Geography,
Faculty of Arts, York University)
Shadow
of Ashland * (Forge Books, NY, 1996)
hardcover 1st edition:
(Cdn Distributor:
$US17.95
H.B. Fenn & Co. Ltd)
$Cdn24.95
The Courier-Journal (Louisville):
"should produce goosebumps and an occasional lump in the throat."
San Francisco Chronicle:
"Shadow of Ashland weaves its own singular spell."
The Atlanta Constitution:
"Mysteries... shivers and yes... quite tangible tugs at the heartstrings."
Calgary Herald: "passionate
and haunting... (a) ghostly yarn that will burrow into the soul."
The Edmonton Journal:
"ranks as the most surprising book I've seen this year... Green's finest
novel yet... it should gain Green the wider audience he so richly deserves."
Charles de Lint ("Books
To Look For" in The Magazine of F& SF):
"Green pens moments of such pristine clarity, so perfectly describing a
mood, or a detail, that the words seem to sing from the page."
Solaris (Jean-Louis
Trudel): "Delicious... A round trip between the present and the
past. Green recreates a tragic time with a poignant truth."
SF
Site: "what delicacy of character, what warmth of style, what depth
of feeling for family, whatta writer."
Publishers
Weekly: "wonderfully imagined and poetically told... a remarkably
affecting literary work."
The
Globe and Mail:"thoughtful,
quick-paced... a mystery, a sensitive portrait... a study of family and
other relationships."
The
Danforth Review: "as
timeless as any fiction can be... Green takes his readers to kingdoms full
of magic."
Entertainment
Weekly:
"THE BOOK YOU HAVE TO READ... This novel reminds
me of W.P. Kinsella's Shoeless Joe -- it's got that same sense of
wonder, gentle implausibility, and deep insight into the human condition...
A true gem."
The New York Times:
"redemption, resolution and homecoming... a deceptive novel... filled with
extraordinary events. Shadow of Ashland succeeds."
*
Optioned
6 times for Feature Film *
Required
Reading, English Department, University of Toronto (ENG 237) *
Recommended Reading, Writing Program, The University of Western Ontario
(WRITING
2211) *
Available
in Polish translation, as well as from both the CNIB(Canadian
National Institute for the Blind)
and the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
(Library
of Congress, Washington)
as a "talking book" *
Broadcast
as a single-voice Reading on CBC Radio's Between the Covers
( ten 15-minute episodes daily, Fall, 2002) Producer:
Dagmar Kaffanke-Nunn
Reader: Michael Hogan
For Behind the Scenes information
regarding the COVERS of
Shadow of Ashland and
A Witness to Life
Orson Scott Card in The
Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction: "Green is such an honest
and perceptive writer, the book transcends its material."
The
Woman Who is the Midnight
Wind (Pottersfield Press, Canada,
1987)
Collects the stories Ashland, Kentucky, Barking
Dogs, Legacy, The Woman Who is the Midnight Wind, Room 1786, Japanese Tea,
SusieQ2, Till Death Do Us Part, Point
Zero, Of Children in the Foliage
The
Ottawa Citizen: "an inspiring read... It reaches out to touch your
heart, mind and soul. Highly recommended."
Canadian Literature:
"ingenious and intelligent fantasies... his ultimate subjects are the imponderables
of human morality."
SF Chronicle: "masterful
understatement... extraordinary... indicates a great talent."
SF
Site: "one of the best collections of the eighties."
The
National Library of Canada: "shifts of time, futuristic technology
and alien cultures open the door for Terence Green's specialty -- the study
of relationships, particularly those between parents and children."
Books in Canada: "(Green's)
new collection of short stories is simply good fiction."
For Behind the Scenes details
regarding the COVERof
The Woman Who is the Midnight Wind
TERENCE M. GREEN has given readings and talks at venues throughout
Canada, the USA & England,
had both long and short fiction broadcast on CBC Radio (over
400 stations nation-wide),
guest lectured at places as diverse as the University of Toronto,
McMaster University, the University of Oklahoma,
Ashland Community College (Kentucky), and worked on creative
projects with
The National Library of Canada, The Ontario Science Centre,
etc.
A 2-Time World Fantasy Award Finalist and a 5-Time Aurora
Award Finalist,
he has been the subject of numerous radio, television, internet and
print profiles and interviews.
From 1968 to 1999, he taught English in Ontario secondary schools,
primarily at East York Collegiate Institute (Toronto), where
he served 2 separate terms
as Assistant Head of the English Department.
In September, 2005, he joined the Faculty of Arts and Humanities as a lecturer in the Department
of English and Writing Studies at Western University where he has taught, created and developed the courses
WRITING 2211F/G: "Fundamentals of Creative Writing" WRITING 2218F: "Creative Writing: The Short Story" WRITING 2293G: "Advanced Ficton Writing." WRITING 2293G: "Writing Fantasy Fiction" WRITING 1000G: "The Writer's Studio"
His published shorter work has appeared in dozens of magazines, newspapers,
journals and anthologies.
(Click HERE for more detailed bibliography
of shorter work).
PROFILED :
Canadian Who's Who
Contemporary Authors: Volume 157 (1997)
and
Volume 215 [10,000 word entry] (2004)
Dictionary of Literary Biography (vol 251)
Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature (1997)
The Concise Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature (2001)
Toronto: A Literary Guide (ed. Greg Gatenby)
The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
The Encyclopedia of Fantasy
The Saint James Guide to Science Fiction Writers
PARTICIPANT:
Harbourfront International Festival of Authors (Toronto)
International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (Florida Atlantic
University)
University of Oklahoma Writers Conference (Keynote Speaker, June
2000)
Yukon Writers Retreat (Northern Writes)(2003)
Toronto Public Library Canada Council Heritage Reading Series
(2008)
Toronto Public Library Keep Toronto Reading Series (2013)
EDUCATION:
MA (Anglo-Irish Studies), University College, Dublin, Ireland,
1972
BA,University College, Dublin, Ireland, 1972
BA (English), University of Toronto, 1967
BEd, University of Toronto, 1973
RECIPIENT:
Canada Council for the Arts Grant to serve
as Writer-in-Residence(Mohawk College,
Hamilton, Ontario), 2003
2 Toronto Arts Council Grants (fiction, 2000;
2002)
Canada Council Project Grant (fiction, 1992)
Canada Council Travel Grant (1983)
4 Ontario Arts Council Writers' Reserve Grants
(fiction,
1991-93)
FINALIST:
World Fantasy Award (2-Time
Finalist for Best Novel: 1997, 2000)
Prix Aurora Award (5-Time Finalist:
Best Novel, 1990, 1993, 1997, 1998; Best Short Fiction, 1993)
JUROR:
Sunburst Award, 2003
Philip K. Dick Award, 1995
WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE:
Mohawk College (Hamilton, Ontario), 2003-2004
SELECTED INTERVIEWS:
TV BCTV News, WDTN News, CTV's Dini,
Weekend, TVO's Prisoners of Gravity, Bestsellers RADIO CBC Morningside, CFMX, CIUT, CJRT, CKLN,
CJSF, CKUA, CJCA, WYSO, WVXU, QR77
PRINT Books in Canada, The Edmonton Journal, The
Kingston-Whig Standard, Everybody's News (Cincinnati)
PERSONAL:
Born: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Married, with 3 sons
Lives and writes full-time in Toronto
Lecturer (creative writing), Department of English and Writing Studies,
Western
University
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