Clifford Jackman

Clifford Jackman is a Canadian lawyer and writer. He is best known for his 2015 novel The Winter Family, which was a longlisted nominee for the Scotiabank Giller Prize[1] and a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction.[2]

Clifford Jackman
Born	Deep River, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Writer
Genre	Novelist, short stories
Notable works	The Winter Family

Born in Deep River, Ontario, Canada and raised in Ottawa,[3] Jackman studied English literature at York University and law at Osgoode Hall Law School. He was called to the Bar of Ontario in 2009, and practices law in Guelph, Ontario.[3]

Prior to The Winter Family, Jackman published two volumes of short stories and a mystery novel with Manor House Publishing. The Winter Family was his first book to be published by Random House of Canada.[3]

Works

• Deeper
• Jackman's Cliff
• The Black Box
• The Winter Family (2015)
• The Braver Thing (2020)[4]

References

1. "Giller Prize long list isn’t short of Montrealers". Montreal Gazette, September 15, 2014.
2. "Governor-General’s Literary Awards announces finalists". The Globe and Mail, October 7, 2014.
3. "The Winter Family has bloody good time". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, May 2, 2015.
4. "47 works of Canadian fiction to watch for in spring 2020". CBC Books, February 5, 2020.