Canadian · b. 1965
Michael Crummey writes about Newfoundland with documentary attention and mythic resonance. The Canadian author's novels span centuries of the island's history—fishing communities, outport isolation, the collision of European and Indigenous worlds. "The Adversary" (2023) was shortlisted for the Giller Prize. Crummey is also a poet. His fiction respects the harshness of the landscape and the people who endured it.