Sheldon John Currie (born 1934) is a Canadian author, critic and professor emeritus (
St. Francis Xavier University). His books include ''The Glace Bay Miners' Museum'', ''The Company Store'' and ''Down the Coaltown Road''. A movie, ''
Margaret's Museum'', was based on ''The Glace Bay Miners' Museum''. Currie was born in
Reserve Mines
Reserve Mines (2009 pop.: 2,402) is a community in Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Regional Municipality.
It is located immediately west of Glace Bay and 10 kilometres northeast of Sydney. The J.A. Douglas McCurdy Sydney Airport is located in the wes ...
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Cape Breton as one of five children.
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1934 births
Living people
Writers from Nova Scotia
Canadian male novelists
Canadian male short story writers
20th-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights
St. Francis Xavier University faculty
Canadian male dramatists and playwrights
20th-century Canadian short story writers
20th-century Canadian novelists
20th-century Canadian male writers
Members of the Order of Canada