About the Author
Keith Maillard
Keith Maillard is the author of fourteen novels, including Two Strand River, Gloria, The Clarinet Polka, Difficulty at the Beginning, and most recently Twin Studies. He has won the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize and was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Literary Prize and the Governor General's Literary Awards. Keith was born and raised in West Virginia, and now lives in Vancouver. He has been a musician, a contributor for CBC Radio, a freelance photographer, and a journalist. He teaches at the University of British Columbia.
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Keith Maillard’s Twin Studies (Freehand Books) is a novel about the intertwined stories between three sets of twins that author Jen Sookfong Lee calls "deliberately written, fiercely inventive, and unflinching." Set during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Twin Studies ... Read more
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