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Contact: Melissa Cameron, H.B. Fenn & Co. Ltd.
 
 

        Toronto writer Terence M. Green’s 1999 novel A Witness

to Life, (Forge Books, NY/H.B. Fenn, Canada) has been

 nominated for the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel.

      Cited by Booklist as "profoundly moving," by Kirkus as

 "phenomenal," by The Edmonton Journal as "compassionate and

 understated," the Globe and Mail proclaimed that "Green’s

 Joycean celebration of Toronto is worth a shelf full of

 histories. It comes alive in a way only the best fiction

 can."

      The World Fantasy Award is a juried award that has been

bestowed annually since 1975 at the World Fantasy

Convention. Previous conventions have been held in such

places as Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and London,

England. In 1984, Ottawa hosted the convention, and the site

will be Montreal in 2001. This year the convention will be

held in Corpus Christi, Texas (October 26 – 29), where the

winner will be announced. Accompanying the award is a carved

metal bust of renowned American fantasist H.P. Lovecraft,

designed by acclaimed artist/cartoonist Gahan Wilson.

        Among previous novel winners are Peter Straub, Richard

Matheson and Gene Wolfe. Lifetime Achievement winners

include Ray Bradbury, Jorge Luis Borges, Roald Dahl and

Harlan Ellison. The lone Canadian to win in the past was

Robertson Davies, for High Spirits (1984, Best

Anthology/Collection category). Green’s is the only Canadian

novel nominated this year.

        This year’s other nominees for Best Novel are:
 
 

 novel Shadow of Ashland was also a Finalist for Best Novel

 at the World Fantasy Convention in London, England. A

Witness to Life, this year’s Finalist -- and prequel to that

 book -- is the story of Martin Radey of Toronto, from 1880

 to 1950. And in 2001, Forge Books (NY) and H.B. Fenn

(Canada) will be bringing out a sequel, St. Patrick’s Bed,

 which has just been awarded a Toronto Arts Council Grant.

      Already being taught in the Creative Writing department

 at the University of Oklahoma and the English department of

 the University of Toronto, A Witness to Life will be

 released as a quality trade paperback in September, 2000.
 
 
 
 

TERENCE M. GREEN:
 
 

• Profiled: Canadian Who’s Who

                         Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature
 
 

• Participant: Harbourfront International Festival of Authors

• Dozens of TV & Radio Interviews, including Dini (Dini Petty Show),

• Finalist: Aurora Award (5-Time Finalist)

• For more information visit the author’s Web Site: WWW.TMGREEN.COM

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