Robert McGill
Robert McGill is the author of three novels, two non-fiction books, and the short fiction collection Simple Creatures, a finalist for the Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize. In 2001, McGill was a finalist for the RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers – Short Fiction. His stories have appeared in The Atlantic, The Dublin Review, and Hazlitt, among other publications. McGill teaches at the University of Toronto, where he has directed the MA program in creative writing.
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Robert McGill - Simple Creatures
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“Sometimes it feels like modern humans are simple creatures who have found themselves in complex stories that seem strange, ridiculous, and emotional; and yet they are clearly the stories of our own times. Robert McGill captures the vulnerability, absurdity, and abject horror of this experience using a mix of traditional and innovative techniques. Simple Creatures stretches the short story to its glorious, contemporary limits. A big-hearted, slick collection that is as playful as it is precise, surprising as it is insightful.”—2025 Atwood Gibson Prize Jury (Gary Barwin, Ali Bryan, and Jasmine Sealy)Juror History
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