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Lesley Choyce
Lesley Choyce was born in New Jersey in 1951 and moved to Canada in 1978 and became a citizen. He teaches part-time at Dalhousie University, runs Pottersfield Press, and has written 40 adult and young-adult books. His YA novels concern things like skateboarding, surfing, racism, environmental issues, organ transplants, and rock bands. Lesley surfs year round in the North Atlantic and is considered the father of transcendental wood-splitting. He has worked as a rehab counsellor, a freight hauler, a corn farmer, a janitor, a journalist, a lead guitarist, a newspaper boy and a well digger. He lives in a 200-year-old farm house at Lawrencetown Beach overlooking the ocean. He also hosts a nationally syndicated TV talk show in Halifax. His recent novel, The Republic of Nothing, is currently being developed as a feature-length movie. Along with the Surf Poets, he has released a poetry/music album titled, Long Lost Planet.
