Books by Barry Grills
Author and journalist
Books by Barry Grills
Author and journalist
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The Brand New Novel
The Last Light Spoken. The people of Meridian conduct their town the way society would have them do. Celebrations. Justice. The appropriateness of love. Tragedy and its aftermath. In this strict environment two young boys witness one unforgettable catastrophe, then finally tell their stories after a chance encounter half a century later. A novel about children, rules and the adults who live by them in small town Ontario.
Complicated and twisted!
The psychological, erotic thriller by award-winning author Barry Grills! While Peter must come to grips with what took place between him and the missing Lisa Boggs, he must also deal with Gordon Spaulding's astonishing confession of insanity without losing his own grip on conventional stability.
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Dystopian and Utopian adventure!
Literary memoir . . .
"An accomplished author of stories . . ." Winnipeg Free Press
Award-winning Author
Former journalist and broadcaster, Barry Grills was born in Belleville, Ontario.
He has been publishing short fiction in Canada since 1973 in literary magazines such as Quarry, Grain, and the University of Windsor Review, and in anthologies such as Best Canadian Stories.
He is the author of three cultural biographies from Quarry Press on the lives of Anne Murray, Alanis Morissette and Celine Dion. An updated biography of Celine Dion with Jim Brown was the source for a CBC Television movie which aired in 2008.
Every Wolf's Howl, a memoir about his adventures, friendship, and spiritual transformation with a wolf-German shepherd companion, was published by Freehand Books in autumn 2012.
He is a past chair of The Writers’ Union of Canada and the Book and Periodical Council.
He is married to writer and college professor Jennifer Rouse Barbeau. They live in North Bay, Ontario.