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| name = Edward O. Phillips | birth_name = | image = | birth_date = November 26, 1931 | birth_place = | occupation = novelist | period = 1980s-present | nationality = Canadian | notableworks = Sunday's Child, Buried on Sunday | spouse = | website = }}Edward O. Phillips (born November 26, 1931) is a Canadian novelist, who has written both mystery novels and mainstream literary fiction. He is best known for his mystery novel series featuring gay detective Geoffrey Chadwick.[1] BiographyPhillips has lived most of his life in Westmount, Quebec.[1] He earned a law degree from the Université de Montréal in 1956, but decided against legal practice. He subsequently graduated from Harvard University with a master's degree in Teaching, and later earned a second master's degree in English Literature from Boston University. After teaching school for seven years, he pursued a long-time interest in painting. His work was exhibited in five one-man and numerous group shows. His first novel, Sunday's Child, was published in 1981.[1] Phillips won the Arthur Ellis Award in 1987 for his novel Buried on Sunday.[1] His short story "Matthew and Chauncy" was adapted by Anne Claire Poirier into the 1990 film Salut Victor.[2] He is out as gay.[1] Works
References1. ^1 2 3 4 "Whodunits set in 'duchy of Westmount' will appeal to tweed-curtain aficionados". Victoria Times-Colonist, August 1, 2004. {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Phillips, Edward O.}}2. ^"Tales of foibled Westmount; Edward O. Phillips changes genre, but stays close to home". Montreal Gazette, April 25, 1992. 16 : 1931 births|Canadian male novelists|Living people|People from Westmount, Quebec|Université de Montréal alumni|Harvard Graduate School of Education alumni|Boston University alumni|Anglophone Quebec people|Canadian mystery writers|20th-century Canadian novelists|21st-century Canadian novelists|LGBT writers from Canada|Gay writers|LGBT novelists|20th-century Canadian male writers|21st-century Canadian male writers |
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