Lesley Choyce

Who is Lesley Choyce?

Lesley Choyce is a Canadian author of novels, non-fiction, children's books, and poetry.

Born in Riverside Township, New Jersey, he was educated at Rutgers University, CUNY Graduate Center, and Montclair State University. He emigrated to Canada in 1979 and lives in East Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia.

Choyce is a part-time instructor at Dalhousie University, host of the television series Choyce Words and Off the Page, and Founding Director of Pottersfield Press.

Novelist and poet. Surfs the North Atlantic year-round. Runs a literary publishing house and teaches English at Dalhousie University. Hosts "Off the Page" a nationally broadcast program on BookTelevision. Author of more than eighty books of poetry, fiction and non-fiction for adults, teens and children. His writing has earned him several awards, including two Dartmouth Book Awards and the Ann Connor Brimer Award.