Nino Ricci was born in 1959 in Leamington, Ontario. He earned a B.A. from York University in 1981, and a M.A. from Concordia in 1987. He spent two years teaching in Nigeria with CUSO, and one year studying in Florence. He served as one of the directors of PEN Canada from 1990-96, and as President during 1995-96. He currently lives in Toronto, where he writes full-time.
PUBLICATIONS:
Testament. Anchor Canada: Toronto, 2003
Where She Has Gone. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1999
In a Glass House. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1993.
Lives of the Saints. Dunvegan, Ontario: Cormorant Books, 1990.
AWARDS:
Trillium Book Award for Testament, 2003
Governor General's Award, for Fiction for Lives of the Saints.
W.H. Smith/Books in Canada First Novel Award for Lives of the Saints.
F.G. Bressani Prize for Prose for Lives of the Saints.
Betty Trask Award for Fiction, U.K. for Lives of the Saints.
Winifred Holtby Prize for Best Regional Novel, U.K. for Lives of the Saints.
