Andrew Neil Gray (born 1968) is a Scottish-born

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short story writer and novelist. In 2014, he was the Creative Writing Program Coordinator at the

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, and founder and director of the university's low-residency Master of Fine Arts program.

Early life and education

Born in

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, Gray moved with his family to

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at the age of eight. While completing an MFA in creative writing from the

he served as executive editor of the periodical ''Prism''. He graduated in 1996.

Career

Gray's short story, "Heart of the Land", was included in ''The Journey Prize Anthology'' in 2000. Gray published his first book of short stories, ''Small Accidents'', in 2001. It contained stories in which medical emergencies lead to interesting life experiences, and was a finalist for the

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in 2002. It was also shortlisted for an Independent Publisher Book Award in Fiction in 2003. Gray edited the 2001 short story book, ''Write Turns: New Directions in Canadian Fiction'', which was reviewed in the November 2001 issue of

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. By 2007, Gray was directing the low-residency program at UBC. He was an early adopter towards the use of the internet to promote writing. In 2011, he was interviewed as an expert for Lori May's book, ''The Low-Residency MFA Handbook: A Guide for Prospective Creative Writing Students''. In 2014, Gray was the program coordinator for the

Creative Writing Program. That year, he chaired Canada's Writing Conference, an annual national level gathering of writers.

Works

* ''Small Accidents'' (2001) * *''The Ghost Line'' (July 11, 2017) (with J.S. Herbison). Tor.com. .

References

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