River of the Brokenhearted (37 page)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The author wishes to thank his editor, Maya Mavjee, and his agent, Anne McDermid.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

David Adams Richards’s most recent novel,
Mercy Among the Children
, won the 2000 Giller Prize and was nominated for the Governor General’s Award and the Trillium Award. He is the author of the celebrated Miramichi trilogy:
Nights Below Station Street
(1988), winner of the Governor General’s Award;
Evening Snow Will Bring Such Peace
(1990), winner of the Canadian Authors Association Award; and
For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down
(1993). His novel
The Bay of Love and Sorrows
, published in 1998, received widespread critical acclaim and has been made into a feature film.