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About Fred Stenson (writer)
- Frederick "Fred" Stenson (born December 22, 1951) is a Canadian writer of historical fiction and nonfiction relating to the Canadian West. In addition to his published work, Stenson has been a faculty member at The Banff Centre, where he has directed the Wired Writing Studio for eleven years.
- He is also a documentary film writer, with over 140 credits.
- He writes a regular wit column for Alberta Views Magazine.
- His 2000 novel The Trade was shortlisted for Canada's Giller Prize.
- Both The Trade and his 2003 novel Lightning won the Grant MacEwan Author's Prize for best Alberta book of the year.
- His 2008 novel The Great Karoo was nominated for the 2008 Governor General's Literary Award in Fiction and was a nominee for the 2009 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book (Canada/Caribbean). Stenson was raised on a farm and cattle ranch in the Waterton region of southwest Alberta.
- He is married to the poet Pamela Banting and lives in Cochrane, Alberta.
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