Ronald Wright
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Ronald Wright (born 19481, London, England) is a Canadian author who has written books of travel, history and fiction. His nonfiction includes the bestseller Stolen Continents, winner of the Gordon Montador Award and chosen as a book of the year by The Independent and the Sunday Times. His first novel, A Scientific Romance, won the 1997 David Higham Prize for Fiction and was chosen a book of the year by the Globe and Mail, the Sunday Times, and The New York Times.
Ronald Wright (born 1948, London, England) is a Canadian author who has written books of travel, history and fiction. His nonfiction includes the bestseller Stolen Continents, winner of the Gordon Montador Award and chosen as a book of the year by The Independent and the Sunday Times. His first novel, A Scientific Romance, won the 1997 David Higham Prize for Fiction and was chosen a book of the year by the Globe and Mail, the Sunday Times, and The New York Times. ==Bibliography== ===Novels=== ===Non-fiction=== ==Awards== 1986 Canadian Science Writers' Association Award, for "The Lamanai Enigma" 1990 Shortlist, Trillium Book Award, for Time Among the Maya 1991 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Literary Award, for "Going to the Wall" 1992 Nominated, Author of the Year, CBA Libris Award, for Stolen Continents 1993 Gordon Montador Award, for Stolen Continents 1995 The Globe and Mail Editor's Choice, for A Scientific Romance 1996 Honorary Doctorate, University of Calgary 1997 David Higham Prize for Fiction for A Scientific Romance 1998 The Sunday Times (UK) Book of the Year, for A Scientific Romance 2005 Finalist, British Columbia Achievement Foundation Award for Canadian Non-Fiction, for A Short History of Progress 2005 CBA Libris Award, "Non-Fiction Book of the Year," for A Short History of Progress ==See also== Societal collapse ==References== ==External links== Official Website, Ronald Wright British Columbia Achievement Foundation Award biography of Ronald Wright as a finalist for Canadian non-fiction in 2005 Massey Lecture: A Short History of Progress, Ronald Wright, 2017
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