Biography

About the Author Fiction Poetry The Writer’s Notebook	Interview /w Meghan Hurley The Danforth Review April 6, 2005 Book Review by Jim Bartley The Globe & Mail March 26, 2005 Interview /w Marsha Lederman (audio file) CBC "Ontario Morning" December 29, 2004 Interview /w Joy Hewitt Mann Valley Writers' Guild December 2004 Interview /w Rob Riendeau the Humm December 2004	Leo Brent Robillard's work has appeared in various journals across Canada and abroad, including CV 2, freefall (USA), The Fiddlehead, Grain, Prairie Fire, Queen’s Quarterly, and Verandah (Aus). His poetry has also been anthologized in four different collections. He has won the George Johnston Poetry Prize, and more recently he received the Cold Steel Crime and Mystery Award (2004) for his novella, The Prodigal Son. His first novel, Leaving Wyoming, was published to critical acclaim by Turnstone Press in the fall of 2004. His second book, Houdini's Shadow, is forthcoming in the fall of 2006. Robillard has also co-written two comedies for the stage. They are Little Chicago (2001) and ICE (2003). By day, he teaches English and creative writing to high school students, and facilitates writing workshops for adults. Currently, he resides on Lake Eloida in southeastern Ontario with his wife, their two children, and a Bethlehem of animals.

Leo Brent Robillard's work has appeared in various journals across Canada and abroad, including CV 2, freefall (USA), The Fiddlehead, Grain, Prairie Fire, Queen’s Quarterly, and Verandah (Aus). His poetry has also been anthologized in four different collections. He has won the George Johnston Poetry Prize, and more recently he received the Cold Steel Crime and Mystery Award (2004) for his novella, The Prodigal Son. His first novel, Leaving Wyoming, was published to critical acclaim by Turnstone Press in the fall of 2004. His second book, Houdini's Shadow, is forthcoming in the fall of 2006. Robillard has also co-written two comedies for the stage. They are Little Chicago (2001) and ICE (2003).

By day, he teaches English and creative writing to high school students, and facilitates writing workshops for adults. Currently, he resides on Lake Eloida in southeastern Ontario with his wife, their two children, and a Bethlehem of animals.