Mark Sinnett

Canadian poet, novelist and short story writer

Mark Sinnett
Born	England
Occupation	Poet, novelist, short story writer
Nationality	Canadian
Period	1990s-present
Notable works	The Landing, The Border Guards, The Carnivore

Mark Sinnett is a Canadian poet, novelist and short story writer.^[1] Originally from England, Sinnett moved to Canada as a teenager in 1980.^[1] He won the Gerald Lampert Award in 1998 for his poetry collection The Landing,^[2] and the Toronto Book Award in 2010 for his novel The Carnivore.^[3] He was a shortlisted finalist for the Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel in 2005 for his novel The Border Guards.

He is currently based in Kingston, Ontario, where he also works as a real estate agent.^[1]

Works

Poetry

The Landing (1997, ISBN 978-0886293246)
Some Late Adventure of the Feelings (2000, ISBN 978-1-55022-410-8)

Fiction

Bull (1998, ISBN 978-1895837278)
The Border Guards (2004, ISBN 978-0002005043)
The Carnivore (2009, ISBN 978-1-55022-898-4)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Ten Questions with Mark Sinnett" Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine. Open Book Toronto, January 5, 2010.
^ Gerald Lampert Award Archived December 4, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. League of Canadian Poets.
^ "Toronto’s book of the year is Mark Sinnett’s The Carnivore" Archived December 3, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Toronto Life, October 15, 2010.