Brian Payton
Brian Payton writes fiction and nonfiction. His articles and essays have appeared in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, and The Walrus.
He is the author of Hail Mary Corner, a debut novel that The Globe and Mail said “packs a cathartic wallop.” His nonfiction narrative, Shadow of the Bear: Travels in Vanishing Wilderness, was a Best Outdoor Book of 2006, a Barnes and Noble Book Club Pick, and a finalist at the Banff Book Awards.
His latest book, The Ice Passage: A True Story of Ambition, Disaster, and Endurance in the Arctic Wilderness, was shortlisted for the Hubert Evans Nonfiction Prize and longlisted for the B.C. National Award for Canadian Nonfiction.
