James Gregor (writer)

James Gregor is a Canadian writer from Halifax, Nova Scotia,[1] whose debut novel Going Dutch was a shortlisted finalist for the Amazon.ca First Novel Award in 2020.[2] The novel, about a gay graduate student in New York City who becomes drawn into an emotionally complex quasi-relationship with a female fellow student despite their sexual incompatibility,[3] was published in 2019, and based partially on his own experiences while studying creative writing at Columbia University in the early 2010s.[1]

In addition to the Amazon.ca First Novel Award, Going Dutch was a finalist for the Margaret and John Savage First Book Award at the 2020 Atlantic Book Awards & Festival.[4]

Gregor is the grandson of Hugh Francis Pullen, a Canadian military officer and historian whose books included The Shannon and the Chesapeake and The Sea Road to Halifax: Being an Account of the Lights and Buoys of Halifax Harbour.[5]

References
  1. Allison Lawlor, "From Halifax to NYC, with love". The Telegram, May 29, 2020.
  2. "Stéphane Larue wins $60K Amazon First Novel Award for The Dishwasher". CBC Books, June 25, 2020.
  3. Ilana Masad, "'Going Dutch' Is A Charming, Well-Observed Debut". NPR, August 23, 2019.
  4. "Nominees announced for 2020 Atlantic Book Awards taking place online June 30". Halifax Chronicle-Herald, June 1, 2020.
  5. James Gregor, "Halifax as Narnia: The existential fantasy of our seaside city". The Coast, May 16, 2016.


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