Craig Davidson

Craig Davidson (born 1976) is a Canadian author of short stories and novels,[1] who has published work under both his own name and the pen names Patrick Lestewka[2] and Nick Cutter.[3] His style has been compared to that of Chuck Palahniuk.[4]

Craig Davidson
Davidson at the Eden Mills Writers' Festival in 2015
Born1976
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Pen namePatrick Lestewka, Nick Cutter
Occupationnovelist, short stories
NationalityCanadian
Period2000s-present
Notable worksRust and Bone, Cataract City
Website
craigdavidson.net

Early life

Born in Toronto, Ontario, he was raised in Calgary and St. Catharines.[5] Davidson attended both Trent University and the University of New Brunswick.[6]

Career

His first short story collection, Rust and Bone,[7] 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 Globe-nominated 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 16-week steroid cycle.[8] To promote the release of the novel, Davidson participated in a fully sanctioned boxing match against Toronto poet Michael Knox at Florida Jack's Boxing Gym;[5] for the novel's subsequent release in the United States, his publisher organized a similar promotional boxing match against Jonathan Ames.[5] Davidson lost both matches.[5]

His 2013 novel Cataract City was named as a shortlisted nominee for the 2013 Scotiabank Giller Prize.[9]

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.[10]

In 2018, his memoir Precious Cargo, about a year spent driving a bus for disabled children in Calgary, was a finalist for Canada Reads.[11]

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.[12][13]

Bibliography

as Patrick Lestewka
  • Mother Bitchfight (2003)
  • The Preserve (2004)
  • Imprint (2011)
  • The Coliseum (2011)
  • Vehicles (2012)

as Nick Cutter

References
  1. Archer, Bert (2007-07-25). "Author Thinks Inside the Box". Globeandmail.com. Retrieved 2008-08-06.
  2. "Torontoist Reads: The Fighter by Craig Davidson". Torontoist, November 9, 2006.
  3. "Strong nerves, strong stomachs, no quarter: Nick Cutter’s The Troop". That Shakespearean Rag, January 15, 2014.
  4. Identity Theory interview with Craig Davidson
  5. "Craig Davidson: The fighter returns". National Post, September 13, 2013.
  6. James, Bronte. "Rust and Bone". University of New Brunswick. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  7. "Snap, Splatter and Pop". The New York Times. December 25, 2005.
  8. "From Mr Average ... to superman". The Guardian. May 18, 2008.
  9. "Giller Prize short list announced". The Globe and Mail, October 8, 2013.
  10. "Exclusive: First chapter from "THE TROOP" author Nick Cutter's "THE DEEP"". Archived from the original on 2016-02-06. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
  11. "Meet the Canada Reads 2018 contenders". CBC. Jan 30, 2018. Retrieved Jun 4, 2019.
  12. "Edugyan, Hage among Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction finalists". Quill & Quire, September 26, 2018.
  13. The July 2019 Indie Next List Preview. 2016. ISBN 978-1607749769.
  14. Alexander, Niall (2014-02-19). "The Two Pill Problem: The Troop by Nick Cutter". Tor.com. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  15. Wiersema, Robert J. (2014-02-21). "The Troop, by Nick Cutter: Review". National Post. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  16. "The Troop". Quill and Quire. 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
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