Craig Davidson

Craig Davidson born 1976 is a Canadian author of short stories and novels who has published work under both his own name and the pen names Patrick Lestewka and Nick Cutter His style has been compared to that of Chuck Palahniuk Born in Toronto Ontario he was raised in Calgary and St Catharines Davidson attended both Trent University and the University of New Brunswick His first short story collection Rust and Bone was later published in September 2005 by Penguin Books Canada and was a finalist for the 2006 Danuta Gleed Literary Award Stories in Rust and Bone have also been adapted into a play by Australian playwright Caleb Lewis and a Golden Globenominated film by French director Jacques Audiard Davidson also released a novel in 2007 named The Fighter During the course of his research of the novel Davidson went on a 16week steroid cycle To promote the release of the novel Davidson participated in a fully sanctioned boxing match against Toronto poet Michael Knox at Florida Jacks Boxing Gym for the novels subsequent release in the United States his publisher organized a similar promotional boxing match against Jonathan Ames Davidson lost both matches His 2013 novel Cataract City was named as a shortlisted nominee for the 2013 Scotiabank Giller Prize In addition to his literary fiction Davidson has also published several works of horror literature using the pseudonyms Patrick Lestewka and Nick Cutter In 2014 he released the thriller novel The Troop with The Deep following in 2015 In 2018 his memoir Precious Cargo about a year spent driving a bus for disabled children in Calgary was a finalist for Canada Reads His 2018 novel The Saturday Night Ghost Club was a shortlisted finalist for the Rogers Writers Trust Fiction Prize and was an American Booksellers Association Indie Next Great Reads selection in July 2019 This novel tells the story of a young boy who is comingtoage while spending Saturdays catching ghosts with his eccentric Uncle Calvin It explores themes of grief depression family friendship and growing into adulthood Davidsons work has received acclaim from notable authors such as Stephen King Scott Smith and Jonathan Maberry Source Article Craig Davidson from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30