A quick biography
Canadian fiction writer Adam Lewis Schroeder completed an MFA in Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia in 1999. He has since traveled widely and published stories in more than a dozen journals and anthologies. In 2001 his short fiction collection Kingdom of Monkeys was shortlisted for the Danuta Gleed Award as the year's best first collection by an English Canadian. His novel Empress of Asia was published by Raincoast in 2006; a finalist for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize and Amazon.ca/Books in Canada First Novel Award, it was also selected by the Globe & Mail as one of the best books of the year. Adam lives in Penticton BC with his wife and sons, who are all three cute as pie.
New & upcoming publications
"The Man Upstairs" in Event, Winter 2009.
If you hanker for audio content
Trevor Cole's terrific Authors Aloud site hosts a 3-minute recording of the much-beloved ballroom scene from Empress of Asia. Go dance around in your bones.
Actual news!
I've just signed a two-book deal with Douglas & McIntyre's acquiring editor for fiction, Chris Labonté. The first novel, most-likely titled The Spring and describing a tubercular Frenchwoman's search for eternal life in Indochina, will be released Spring 2010 (though more important to me at the moment is the manuscript-delivery date of March 31, 2009.) The second novel will be a murder-mystery based on real events, set in the BC interior in 1958; it's slated for release in 2013, but possibly sooner if I get my butt in gear.
Photo by Nicole Handford. I like her a lot.
What? More audio?
Listen to an interview with Holley Rubinsky for Kootenay Co-op Radio's The Writers Show, or an interview with Sheryl MacKay for CBC Radio's North By Northwest, each originally broadcast in March 2007.
From the archives: Sept. 28, 1972
As immortalized by CBC television, Canadians waited tensely on the edges of their seats the day I was born, then celebrated like crazy. Even John Diefenbaker celebrated like crazy.Contact information
I visit the discussion boards fairly often so feel free to follow the link above and post a question. Or if you prefer envelopes and postage stamps:
Adam Lewis Schroeder
c/o Raincoast Author Mail
9050 Shaughnessy Street
Vancouver BC V6O 6E5
For media types: here are a hi-res author photo and Empress of Asia cover image. Photo by Alan Hoffman and cover design by Teresa Bubela.
A note on the design
Wherever possible this site has been made to resemble the August 1937 issue of Meccano Magazine which I found in my in-laws' attic. Its design elements are all very cool and I felt that Harry Winslow as a young man would've enjoyed its contents. Many thanks to Jeff Minuk, Alan Hoffman and especially Amber Lin for their help in putting the site together.