Wayne Grady is an award-winning Canadian author known for his fiction and nonfiction works. His debut novel, "Emancipation Day," won the 2013 Amazon.ca First Novel Award and was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. The novel, which explores themes of denial and identity, was also named one of the year's ten best books by CBC. Grady has authored several acclaimed science and nature books, including "The Great Lakes," which received a National Outdoor Book Award, and "The Bone Museum." He co-wrote the international bestseller "Tree: A Life Story" with David Suzuki and collaborated with his wife, novelist Merilyn Simonds, on "Breakfast at the Exit Café: Travels Through America."
Beyond his original works, Grady is a distinguished literary translator, having rendered fourteen French-language novels into English. His translation of Antonine Maillet’s "On the Eighth Day" earned him the Governor General’s Award in 1989. More recently, he translated Louis Hamelin’s "October 1970." Grady’s career also includes accolades such as four Science in Society Awards and multiple National Magazine Awards. He teaches creative writing in the University of British Columbia’s optional-residency MFA program and resides in rural Ontario with Simonds.