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Anthony De Sa

Anthony De Sa is a Canadian writer whose fiction has been published internationally. His first book, Barnacle Love, was a finalist for the 2008 Scotiabank Giller Prize, the 2009 Toronto Book Award, and won Portugal's Prémios de Talento Award for Literature. Published by Doubleday Canada, Algonquin (USA), and Publicações Dom Quixote (Portugal), the collection of linked short stories gained critical acclaim and praise from jurors Margaret Atwood and Colm Tóibín.
His second release, Kicking the Sky, published in Canada and the USA, became a national bestseller, a finalist for the 2013 Libris Award, the Toronto Book Award, and the Canadian Authors Assoc. Award.
His most recent novel, Children of the Moon, set against the backdrop of a turbulent colonial Mozambique and Tanzania, was published by Doubleday Canada in 2019.
Highly respected and a gifted public speaker, Anthony De Sa’s distinctive voice delves into issues of immigration, faith, and Portuguese identity. He lives and works in Toronto.