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George Elliott (Canadian writer)

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George Matthew Elliott (4 July 1923 – 18 May 1996) was a Canadian short story writer.

Biography

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Born in London, Ontario, Elliott attended the University of Toronto, where he was an editor for the student newspaper, The Varsity. He later became editor of the Strathroy Age-Dispatch, in Strathroy, Ontario, and was that community's correspondent for the London Free Press. He later became a reporter and editor with the Timmins Daily Press. He was Vice-President (Creative) of MacLaren Advertising in Toronto. He served as Minister-Counsellor for Public Affairs at the Embassy of Canada in Washington D.C. from 1976 to 1980. He retired to St. Jean Ile d'Orleans, Quebec.

Bibliography

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Short story collections

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  • The Kissing Man. Toronto: New Canadian Library. 1962. ISBN 0-7710-3465-2.
  • The Bittersweet Man. Guelph: Red Kite Press. 1994. ISBN 0-920493-10-6.
  • Crazy Water Boys. Guelph: Red Kite Press. 1995. ISBN 0-920493-14-9.
  • Sand gardens on First Beach. Guelph: Red Kite Press. 2010. ISBN 978-0-920493-18-2.

Travel/Photography

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Stories

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See also

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Southern Ontario Gothic

References

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W. H. New, ed. Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002: 331–32.