falls in a barrel, building a boat to escape a teen-daughter-gone-bad, or embarking on an unlikely affair with a two-bit wrestler.

Kevin Patterson won international accolades for his wonderfully observed and moving memoir, The Water in Between. This fiction debut confirms him as a major new literary talent.

Kevin Patterson grew up in Manitoba, and put himself through medical school by enlisting in the Canadian army. When his service was up, he worked as a doctor in the Arctic and on the coast of British Columbia while studying for his MFA. He is the author of the bestselling The Water in Between. He resides on Salt Spring Island.From the Trade Paperback edition.said.

Anderson is a prominent member of the city's gay community and a vocal advocate of gay rights. In addition to owning the Pink Lounge and Nightclub, according to his LinkedIn biography he is on the board of the Avenue Community Centre. It has since been rebranded as OUTSaskatoon.