Kent Thompson

Kent Thompson was born in Waukegan, Illinois, and now lives in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia. He is the author of Biking to Blissville: A Cycling Guide to the Maritimes and the Magdalene Islands (1993) and several works of fiction, including Shacking Up and Playing in the Dark. His collection of popular essays, Getting Out of Town by Book & Bike, won the Evelyn Richardson Prize for non-fiction in 2002.