Stephen Guppy
Stephen Guppy (born February 10, 1951 in Nanaimo, British Columbia) is a Canadian writer. He is most noted for his short story "Downwind", which was a shortlisted finalist for the Journey Prize in 1998, and his poetry collection Understanding Heaven, which was shortlisted for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize in 2002. A graduate of the University of Victoria, he was a longtime professor of creative writing and journalism at Vancouver Island University until his retirement. Works Poetry Ghostcatcher (1979) Blind Date with the Angel: The Diane Arbus Poems (1998) Understanding Heaven (2001) Short story collections Another Sad Day at the Edge of the Empire (1985) The Work of Mercy (2006) Novels The Fire Thief (2004) Like I Care (2013) Non-fiction Writing and Workshopping Poetry: A Constructive Introduction (2016) References 1951 births 20th-century Canadian poets 20th-century Canadian short story writers 20th-century Canadian male writers 21st-century Canadian poets 21st-century Canadian short story writers 21st-century Canadian novelists 21st-century Canadian non-fiction writers 21st-century Canadian male writers Canadian male poets Canadian male short story writers Canadian male novelists Canadian male non-fiction writers University of Victoria alumni People from Nanaimo Writers from British Columbia Living people