Alfred Silver is a Canadian novelist and playwright. He grew up in the Canadian Prairies and now lives in

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. His novel ''Acadia'' won the 1997

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. Several of his radio plays have been aired by

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, including ''Göttingen'' (''Sunday Showcase''), ''Rebel Angels of Song'' (''

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'') and ''Clean Sweep'' (''

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''), which was nominated for the 1998 Top Ten Award of the

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Works

*''A Place Out of Time''. Great Plains Fiction, 2007. *''Clean Sweep''. Pottersfield Press, 2004. *''Eulalie La Tour: Acadie 1755''. Trait d'union, 2004. *''Acadia: A Novel''. Pottersfield Press, 2004. *''Three Hills Home''. Nimbus Publishing, 2002. *''The Haunting of Maddie Prue''. Great Plains Publications, 2000. *''Acadia''. Ballantine/Random House, 1997. Winner of the 1997

. *''Keepers of the Dawn''. Ballantine/Random House, 1995. *''Where the Ghost Horse Runs''. Ballantine/Random House, 1991. *''Lord of the Plains''. Ballantine/Random House, 1990. *''Red River Story''. Ballantine/Random House, 1988. *''A Savage Place''. Ballantine/Random House, 1983. *''Good Time Charlie's Back in Town Again''. Avon, 1978.

References

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