Which novelist is a resident of Halifax Virginia, Ronald Firbank or Kelly Cherry?
Kelly Cherry Kelly Cherry (born December 21, 1940) is an award winning novelist, poet, essayist, and a former Poet Laureate of Virginia (2010–2012). A resident of Halifax, Virginia, she was named the state's Poet Laureate by Governor Bob McDonnell in July 2010. She succeeded Claudia Emerson in this post (Poet Laureate of Virginia, 2008–2010).
Stephens Gerard Malone Stephens Gerard Malone is a Canadian-born novelist. Born in Trenton, Ontario, he was educated in Montréal, Quebec. He currently lives and writes on Canada’s east coast city of Halifax, Nova Scotia where he’s written for a variety of media, including television and periodicals. In 1994, he published his first novel "Endless Bay" (Mercury Press) under the pseudonym, Laura Fairburn. His second novel, "Miss Elva" (Random House, Canada) followed in 2005 and was short-listed for the Dartmouth Book Award. Malone’s third novel "I Still Have A Suitcase In Berlin" (Random House, Canada) took eight years to write and was released in May 2008. The book was translated into French in 2011 under the title "5 Minutes de plus à Berlin" and was published by Québec Amérique. "Big Town", the author's fourth novel, is a fictionalized account of the eviction of the citizens of Africville in the late 1960s. It was published by Vagrant Pres in September 2018.