caption birth_place imagesize nationality birth_date genre article_title name occupation
wayne johnston goulds , newfoundland and labrador , canada 250px 18px 22 may 1958 fiction , non-fiction wayne johnston -lrb- writer -rrb-
 wayne johnston novelist
wayne johnston -lrb- writer -rrb-

wayne johnston -lrb- born 1958 -rrb- is a canadian novelist .
his fiction deals primarily with the province of newfoundland and labrador , often in a historical setting .
he has been called `` this continent 's best writer '' by kirkus review .
