Timothy Findley

Before writing Timothy Findley was an actor He appeared in the 1952 TV series iSunshine Sketches and he iwas a charter company member of Ontarios Stratford Shakespearean Festival in 1953 and toured several European capitals In 1963 he turned to writing fulltime and in 1977 his third novel iThe Warsi won a Governor Generals Award Now considered a classic he went on to write a number of bestsellers such as iFamous Last Wordsi He won an Edgar Award for iThe Telling of Liesi while his collection of short stories iStonesi won Ontarios Trillium Award When he tried nonfiction he again found success His book iInside Memory Pages from a Writers Workbooki made him the first twotime winner of a Canadian Authors Association Award He had previously won the fiction award for his novel iNot Wanted on the Voyagei He was also a playwright and his third play iThe Stillborn Loveri 1993 won the CAA Drama Award as well as winning an Arthur Ellis Award and Chalmers Award His later novels include iHeadhunteri 1993 and iThe Piano Mans Daughteri 1995 iElizabeth Rexi was produced at the 2000 Stratford Festival in Canada His last novel iSpadeworki was published in 2002 the year in which Timothy Findley died Because this website is devoted strictly to movies and television we do not list his credits as a novelist or playwright Other works of his have been produced but he was not involved other than as author of the original story We have listed only those productions he was directly involved with brbrbr