Stuart Ross

Stuart Ross is the author of over 20 books of fiction, poetry, and personal essays, as well as scores of chapbooks. His most recent books are the poetry collection The Sky Is a Sky in the Sky, the memoir The Book of Grief and Hamburgers (winner of the 2023 Trillium Book Award), and the short story collection I Am Claude François and You Are a Bathtub. Stuart won the 2019 Harbourfront Festival Prize, the 2017 Canadian Jewish Literary Award for Poetry, and the 2010 Relit Award for Short Fiction. Since 1979, Stuart has run a micropress called Proper Tales. He lives in the tiny town of Cobourg, Canada, on the north shore of Lake Ontario.