Steven Galloway





Steven Galloway

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in Vancouver, Canada
July 13, 1975

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Galloway was born in Vancouver, and raised in Kamloops, British Columbia. He attended the University College of the Cariboo and the University of British Columbia. His debut novel, Finnie Walsh, was nominated for the Amazon.ca/Books in Canada First Novel Award. His second novel, Ascension, was nominated for the BC Book Prizes' Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, and has been translated into numerous languages. His third novel, The Cellist of Sarajevo, was published in spring of 2008. It was heralded as "the work of an expert" by the Guardian, and has become an international bestseller with rights sold in 20 countries. Galloway has taught creative writing at the University of British Columbia and taught and mentored creative writing in The Writer's...more


Average rating: 3.98 · 9,839 ratings · 1,693 reviews · 5 distinct works · Similar authors
The Cellist of Sarajevo
3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 9,631 ratings — published 2008 — 35 editions
Ascension
3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 115 ratings — published 2003 — 9 editions
Finnie Walsh
3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 2000 — 6 editions
The Journey Prize Stories 1...
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3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2006
The Cellist of Sarajevo
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010
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“She felt an enveloping happiness to be alive, a joy made stronger by the certainty that someday it would all come to an end. Afterward she felt a little foolish, and never spoke to anyone about it.
Now, however, she knows she wasn't being foolish. She realizes that for no particular reason she stumbled into the core of what it is to be human. It's a rare gift to under stand that you life is wondrous, and that it won't last forever. ”
Steven Galloway, The Cellist of Sarajevo

“A weapon does not decide whether or not to kill. A weapon is a manifestation of a decision that has already been made.”
Steven Galloway, The Cellist of Sarajevo

“You don't choose what to believe. Belief chooses you.”
Steven Galloway, The Cellist of Sarajevo

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