Wayne Curtis, Miramichi, NB

2002

A native of Blackville, New Brunswick, Wayne Curtis caught his first salmon at age 8. Now, 40 years later, he still is an avid fly fisherman and lives the summer half of the year on the Mirimachi River in New Brunswick where he guides anglers and writes about life along this fabled salmon river.

Wayne Curtis has five published novels as well as numerous short stories, essays and dramatizations. He has contributed work to many newspapers and magazines, including Quill & Quire, Fly Fisherman, Maritime Sportsman, Atlantic Insight and Outdoor Canada. He is the winner of the Writer's Federation of New Brunswick's.

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Select Works

• River Stories, Nimbus, 2000
• Last Stand, Nimbus, 1999
• Preferred Lies, Nimbus, 1998
• River Guides of the Miramichi, Goose lane Editions, Fredericton NB, 1997
• Fishing the Miramichi, New Ireland Press, 1994
• One Indian Summer, Wild East, 1993
• Currents in the Stream, Goose Lane Editions, Fredericton NB,1988

Screen Plays

• The Dance, Cinifile, CBC television, 2000
• Chico Che, Norflicks Productions Ltd, Toronto, 1999

Work in Progress

• Night Train to Havana, Double Day Canada (Novel)
• Mondays in a Looking Glass (short stories)

Awards

• David Adams Richards Award for Short Fiction and the CBC NB Drama Project Award in 1996.