David Manicom is an award-winning author who has published fiction, poetry, non-fiction and journalism ranging from book reviews to political commentary. His book Progeny of Ghosts: Travels in Russia and the Old Empire was the winner of the 1998 Quebec Writer’s Federation’s non-fiction prize and was short-listed for the National Writer’s Trust Viacom award for non-fiction. His poetry collection The Burning Eaves was short-listed for the 2004 Governor General’s Award for poetry. In 2005, he published his first novel, The School at Chartres. A Canadian Foreign Service Officer, he has worked in Moscow, Islamabad, Beijing and Geneva.

Books by David Manicom

Theology of Swallows

Ice In Dark Water

Older Graces, The

School at Chartres, The

Progeny of Ghosts

Anna's Shadow

Desert Rose, Butterfly Storm