Ed Kavanagh is a Canadian writer residing in Mount Pearl, Newfoundland. He is also a musician, theatre director, actor, and university lecturer. His first novel, ''The confessions of Nipper Mooney,'' won the 2002 Newfoundland Book Award.

Life

Kavanagh was born in

St. John's, Newfoundland St. John's is the capital and largest city of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, located on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland. The city spans and is the easternmost city in North America ...

and grew up in Kilbride, Newfoundland. He received an Honours Bachelor of Arts in English and a Bachelor of Education from the

Memorial University of Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland, also known as Memorial University or MUN (), is a public university in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, based in St. John's, with satellite campuses in Corner Brook, elsewhere in Newfoundland and ...

. He also received a Master's in English and Creative Writing from the

University of New Brunswick The University of New Brunswick (UNB) is a public university with two primary campuses in Fredericton and Saint John, New Brunswick. It is the oldest English-language university in Canada, and among the oldest public universities in North Americ ...

. Kavanagh is a

harpist The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has a number of individual strings running at an angle to its soundboard; the strings are plucked with the fingers. Harps can be made and played in various ways, standing or sitting, and in orc ...

and has released three CDs, including "''On Strings of Light: Christmas Melodies Performed on Celtic Harp''", "''One Star Awake''", and "''Weaving the Wind''". Kavanagh has taught creative writing through the Memorial University and the University of New Brunswick. He was also a former president of the Writer's Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Works

* ''The Cat's Meow - The 'Longside Players Selected Plays: 1984-1989'' (1990) * ''The Confessions of Nipper Mooney'' (2001) * ''Amanda Greenleaf: The Complete Adventures'' (2004) * ''Strays'' (2013)

Awards

* 2002 Newfoundland Book Award for ''The Confessions of Nipper Mooney'' * Finalist for the

Winterset Award The Winterset Award is a Canadian literary award, presented annually by the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council to a work judged to be the best book, regardless of genre, published by a writer from Newfoundland and Labrador.

for ''The Confessions of Nipper Mooney'' * Nominated for the International

IMPAC Dublin Literary Award The International Dublin Literary Award ( ga, Duais Liteartha Idirnáisiúnta Bhaile Átha Chliath), established as the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 1996, is presented each year for a novel written or translated into English. ...

for ''The Confessions of Nipper Mooney'' * Shortlisted for the Newfoundland Book Award for Fiction for ''Strays'' * Shortlisted for the Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award for ''Strays''

References

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