• Read some of Douglas Glover's new book
Douglas Glover is an itinerant Canadian. Born in 1948, he grew up on the family tobacco farm in southwestern Ontario, studied philosophy at York University and the University of Edinburgh, then worked on a series of daily newspapers in New Brunswick, Ontario, Quebec and Saskatchewan before earning his MFA at the Iowa Writers' Workshop in 1982. He is the author of five story collections, four novels, a book of essays, Notes Home from a Prodigal Son, and The Enamoured Knight, a book about Don Quixote and novel form. His bestselling novel Elle won the 2003 Governor-General's Award for Fiction, was long-listed for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and has been optioned by Isuma Igloolik Productions, makers of Atarnajuat, The Fast Runner. His story book A Guide to Animal Behaviour was a finalist for the 1991 Governor-General's Award. He has two sons, Jacob and Jonah.
"…wheresoever thou mayest be, mine thou art, and,
wheresoever I am,
I must be thine"
—Don Quixote (Volume 2, Chapter 48)
Love and Books, an Introduction
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