Timothy Findley

Before writing, Timothy Findley was an actor. He appeared in the 1952 TV series Sunshine Sketches and he was a charter company member of Ontario’s Stratford Shakespearean Festival in 1953. In 1963 he turned to writing full-time and in 1977 his third novel The Wars won a Governor Generals Award. Now considered a classic he went on to write a number of bestsellers. He won an Edgar Award for The Telling of Lies while his collection of short stories Stones won Ontario’s Trillium Award. When he tried nonfiction, he again found success. His book Inside Memory Pages from a Writers Workbook made him the first two-time winner of a Canadian Authors Association Award. He had previously won the fiction award for his novel Not Wanted on the Voyage. He was also a playwright. In 1993, his third play The Stillborn Lover won the CAA Drama Award as well as winning an Arthur Ellis Award and Chalmers Award. His later novels include Headhunter and in 1995, The Piano Mans Daughter. Elizabeth Rex was produced at the 2000 Stratford Festival in Canada. His last novel, Spadework, was published in 2002, the year Timothy Findley died. Because this website is devoted strictly to movies and television we do not list his credits as a novelist or playwright. Other works of his have been produced but he was not involved other than as author of the original story. We have listed only those productions in which he was directly involved.