Michael Kenyon is a

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writer from

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, who won the ReLit Award for fiction in 2010 for his novel ''The Beautiful Children''."Winners of ReLit Awards announced". ''

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'', October 22, 2010. He was also a ReLit poetry nominee in the same year for ''The Last House''. His debut novel, ''Kleinberg'', was a shortlisted finalist for the Books in Canada First Novel Award in 1992, and for the

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for Best First Book, Canada/Caribbean."Mistry tops Atwood for award". ''

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'', July 16, 1992. His other books have included the novels ''The Biggest Animals'' and ''A Year at River Mountain'', and the short story collection ''Parallel Rivers''.

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