Stephens Gerard Malone is a

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-born

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. Born in

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, he was educated in

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. He currently lives and writes on Canada's east coast city of

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where he's written for a variety of media, including television and periodicals. In 1994, he published his first

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''Endless Bay'' (

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) under the

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Laura Fairburn. His second novel, ''Miss Elva'' ( Random House, Canada) followed in 2005 and was short-listed for the Dartmouth Book Award. Malone's third novel ''I Still Have A Suitcase In Berlin'' (

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, Canada) took eight years to write and was released in May 2008. The book was translated into French in 2011 under the title ''5 Minutes de plus à Berlin'' and was published by Québec Amérique. ''Big Town'', the author's fourth novel, is a fictionalized account of the eviction of the citizens of

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in the late 1960s. It was published by Vagrant Press in September 2018, and reviewed in the ''Globe and Mail''. ''Miss Elva'' was shortlisted for the

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Books

* ''Big Town'' - 2011 * ''5 Minutes de plus à Berlin'' - 2011 * ''I Still Have A Suitcase In Berlin'' - 2008 * ''Miss Elva'' - 2005 * ''Endless Bay'' (written under the name Laura Fairburn) - 1994

References

External links

Official Website
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