birth_place nationality notableworks period article_title name occupation
moncton , new brunswick canadian '' before the flood '' 1990s-present alan r. wilson
 alan r. wilson novelist , poet
alan r. wilson

alan r. wilson is a canadian novelist and poet , who won the amazon.ca first novel award in 1999 for his novel `` before the flood '' .
the novel was also a shortlisted nominee for the ethel wilson fiction prize and the stephen leacock award .
his prior publications include the poetry collections `` animate objects '' -lrb- 1995 -rrb- , `` counting to 100 '' -lrb- 1996 -rrb- and `` sky atlas '' -lrb- 2008 -rrb- .
originally from moncton , new brunswick , he currently resides in victoria , british columbia .
his second novel , `` lucifer 's hair '' , has been completed and is slated for future publication .
