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Thomas Wharton

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I am a writer of adult and children's fiction. I teach English and Creative Writing at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, where i live with my wife and three children. I have published two adult novels, Icefields (1995) and Salamander (2001), as well as a book of short fiction, The Logogryph, which was shortlisted for the IMPAC Dublin prize. The Shadow of Malabron, the first novel in my YA fantasy trilogy The Perilous Realm, has been published fall 2008 by Doubleday.
My Works:

Icefields (1995) Salamander (2001) The Logogryph (2004) The Shadow of Malabron (2008)
Interests:

The environment, the outdoors, hiking, camping, reading (lots of that), Buddhism, Zen, chess, comic books.
Favourite Books:

Ulysses, Invisible Cities, The fiction of Jorge Luis Borges, The Lord of the Rings, The City of Yes, Zen Mind Beginner's Mind, The Neverending Story, Grimm's Fairy Tales, The stories of Alice Munro
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The Seven Samurai, Ran, Dreams, Amadeus, Blade Runner, The Lord of the Rings, Jesus of Montreal, Wild Strawberries, Popeye, Totoro, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away
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Classical Roots old folk ballads Beatles Daniel Lanois David Francey Bruce Springsteen Joni MItchell David Gray Stan Rogers Maria Dunn The Wailin' Jennys Sigur Ros Pink Floyd Led Zeppelin U2 Rush
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Kurosawa
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In wildness is the preservation of the world -- Thoreau

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Welcome to the wild and woolly world of the Indigo Community! I have to hie myself to a bookstore and pick up a copy of The Shadow of Malabron very soon. I trust Edmonton's a little warmer than it was when I was there in February--hee.

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