Jeffrey Round
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Jeffrey Round is a Sudbury, Ontario
born Canadian
writer, director and composer. His first novel in 1997 A Cage of Bones was published by the Gay Men's Press
(UK), where it topped bestseller lists in Canada, the US, Iceland, Australia and others. Jeffrey's second novel, The P-Town Murders: A Bradford Fairfax Murder Mystery, was published in 2007 by the Haworth Press, and republished in 2008 by Cormorant Books
in Canada.
In 1990, Round founded "The Church-Wellelsey Review," Canada's first annual print journal for creative writing for the LGBTQ community. It was published for ten years and was also an on-line quarterly for the last two years of its existence.
In 1992, Round co-founded Best Boys Productions, an experimental theatre company, together with John Davison. The company was in operation for five years and produced, among other works, Round's Right To Privacy award-winning play, "Zebra", about the murder of Toronto librarian, Kenneth Zeller, in High Park in 1985. At the same time, Round was the stage director for Agatha Christie's "The Mousetrap," Canada's longest-running stage production, at the Toronto Truck Theatre.
Round studied at Dalhousie University
, and holds a degree in English Literature. He attended the Humber School for Writers as well as Ryerson University's
Film and Television program.
The second of the Bradford Fairfax novels, Death In Key West was published by Cormorant in 2009, with the third volume in the series Vanished in Vallarta scheduled to be published in 2010.
The Honey Locust, Jeffrey's forth novel, was published in 2009 by Cormorant Books.
Jeffrey Round lives in Toronto.
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
born Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
writer, director and composer. His first novel in 1997 A Cage of Bones was published by the Gay Men's Press
Gay Men's Press
Gay Men's Press was a publisher of books based in London, United Kingdom. The company published from 1979 until 2006.Launched in 1979, the publisher was a welcome company for gay writers attempting to get published. The book business had been unwelcoming to such writers, publishing only works of...
(UK), where it topped bestseller lists in Canada, the US, Iceland, Australia and others. Jeffrey's second novel, The P-Town Murders: A Bradford Fairfax Murder Mystery, was published in 2007 by the Haworth Press, and republished in 2008 by Cormorant Books
Cormorant Books
Cormorant Books Inc is a Canadian book publishing company.Cormorant Books specializes in fiction by new and emerging Canadian writers, reissues of out-of-print classics of Canadian literature, and English translations of works by Quebec writers.- History :...
in Canada.
In 1990, Round founded "The Church-Wellelsey Review," Canada's first annual print journal for creative writing for the LGBTQ community. It was published for ten years and was also an on-line quarterly for the last two years of its existence.
In 1992, Round co-founded Best Boys Productions, an experimental theatre company, together with John Davison. The company was in operation for five years and produced, among other works, Round's Right To Privacy award-winning play, "Zebra", about the murder of Toronto librarian, Kenneth Zeller, in High Park in 1985. At the same time, Round was the stage director for Agatha Christie's "The Mousetrap," Canada's longest-running stage production, at the Toronto Truck Theatre.
Round studied at Dalhousie University
Dalhousie University
Dalhousie University is a public research university located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The university comprises eleven faculties including Schulich School of Law and Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine. It also includes the faculties of architecture, planning and engineering located at...
, and holds a degree in English Literature. He attended the Humber School for Writers as well as Ryerson University's
Ryerson University
Ryerson University is a public research university located in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its urban campus is adjacent to Yonge-Dundas Square located at the busiest intersection in Downtown Toronto. The majority of its buildings are in the blocks northeast of the square in Toronto's Garden...
Film and Television program.
The second of the Bradford Fairfax novels, Death In Key West was published by Cormorant in 2009, with the third volume in the series Vanished in Vallarta scheduled to be published in 2010.
The Honey Locust, Jeffrey's forth novel, was published in 2009 by Cormorant Books.
Jeffrey Round lives in Toronto.
Published Poetry
- Six poems: Humpback, Dissolve, Flown, Beggar, midstream, Bloor Line, North Beach CA (Maple Tree Literary Supplement (Issue #2) edited by Amatoritsero Ede)
- Small Furies (Canadian Literature, No. 182, Autumn 2004)
- Burning, remembering – 6 Dec ’91 ((EX)CITE Journal of Contemporary Writing, Premiere Issue, Spring 2001)
- Arrangements (Paperplates, Vol. 4 no. 1 Spring 2000 (web))
- Autumn Lessons (The Prairie Journal of Canadian Literature, Issue No. 34)
- Friends; Father (The New Quarterly, Vol. XVII, no. 3, Fall 1997)
- Aria (The Prairie Journal of Canadian Literature, Issue No. 20)
- winter garden (Ariel, Vol. 24, No. 3, July 1993)
- Wednesday Morning Launderette (LiNQ , Vol. 19, no. 2, 1992)
- Barque of Metaphor (The White Rose, Issue 24)
- new song/old rag and bone (Ammonite, Issue 5, March 1992)
- time and the nature of being; vacation incident (Nexus, Vol. 5, no.1, Spring 1992)
- Turn (The Antigonish Review, No. 85-85, 1991)
- for our mothers (The New Quarterly, Vol. X, no. 4, Winter 1991)
Novels
- A Cage of Bones (GMPGay Men's PressGay Men's Press was a publisher of books based in London, United Kingdom. The company published from 1979 until 2006.Launched in 1979, the publisher was a welcome company for gay writers attempting to get published. The book business had been unwelcoming to such writers, publishing only works of...
, 1997, ISBN 978-0854492527) - The P'Town Murders: A Bradford Fairfax Murder Mystery (Haworth PressHaworth PressHaworth Press was a publisher of scholarly, academic and trade books, and approximately 200 peer-reviewed academic journals. It was founded in 1978 by the publishing industry executives Bill Cohen and Patrick Mclaughlin. The name was taken from the township of Haworth in England, the home of the...
2007, ISBN 978-1560236627) - The P-Town Murders: A Bradford Fairfax Murder Mystery (Cormorant BooksCormorant BooksCormorant Books Inc is a Canadian book publishing company.Cormorant Books specializes in fiction by new and emerging Canadian writers, reissues of out-of-print classics of Canadian literature, and English translations of works by Quebec writers.- History :...
, 2008, ISBN 978-1897151280) - Death in Key West: A Bradford Fairfax Murder Mystery (Cormorant Books, 2009, ISBN 978-1897151433)
- The Honey Locust (Cormorant Books, 2009, ISBN 978-1897151389)
- Vanished in Vallarta: A Bradford Fairfax Murder Mystery (Cormorant Books, 2010 ISBN 978-1897151822)
Anthologies
- A Perfect Time to Be in Paris Bend Sinister (GMP-UK, 2002, Peter Burton, editor)
- Queen for a Day Bent on Writing (Canadian Scholars Press, 2002, Elizabeth Ruth, editor)
- Isle of Women A Calualty of War: The Arcadia Book of Gay Short Stories (Arcadia Books, 2008, Peter Burton, editor)
- Don Juan and the Queen of the Gypsies Don Juan and Men (MLR Press,2009, Edited by Caro Soles)
- This Is Not Your Country Boy Crazy(Cleis Press, 2009, Edited by Richard Labonté)
Filmography
- My Heart Belongs to Daddy (2003)
- BLOSSOM: A Portrait of Lilac Caña (2009)
- Driving With Rusty (2010)
External links
- jeffreyround.com official website