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).
Dan Vyleta Dan Vyleta is a German–Canadian writer, whose novel "The Crooked Maid" was shortlisted for the 2013 Scotiabank Giller Prize. His first novel "Pavel & I" was published in 2008 and translated into German, Spanish, Portuguese, Hebrew, Dutch, Danish, Italian and Czech. His second novel, "The Quiet Twin", was a shortlisted nominee for the 2011 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. All three books gathered considerable critical acclaim and were widely reviewed by the Canadian, British and American press.