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'''Tim Wynveen''' is a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[novelist]].
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His [[1997]] debut novel, ''Angel Falls'', won the [[Commonwealth Writers Prize]] for Best First Book.<ref>http://www.commonwealthwriters.com/prize/pastwinners.html</ref> He subsequently published ''Balloon'' in [[1999]] and ''Sweeter Life'' in [[2003]].
'''Tim Wynveen''' is a Canadian [[novelist]]. His 1997 [[debut novel]], ''Angel Falls'', won the [[Commonwealth Writers Prize]] for Best First Book.<ref>[http://www.commonwealthwriters.com/prize/pastwinners.html ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060816084300/http://www.commonwealthwriters.com/prize/pastwinners.html |date=August 16, 2006 }}</ref> He subsequently published ''Balloon'' in 1999 and ''Sweeter Life'' in 2003.

Raised in [[Leamington, Ontario]], he moved to [[Toronto, Ontario|Toronto]] in the 1970s to play music, his first passion. He was the guitar player for awhile with [[Edward Bear]] and later Chris DeBerg from England.
Raised in [[Leamington, Ontario]], he moved to [[Toronto]] in the 1970s to play music, his first passion. He was the guitar player for a while with [[Edward Bear]] and later [[Chris De Burgh]] from Ireland.


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Latest revision as of 01:59, 1 April 2019

Tim Wynveen
BornCanada
OccupationNovelist, guitarist
Musical career
Instrument(s)Guitar

Tim Wynveen is a Canadian novelist. His 1997 debut novel, Angel Falls, won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book.[1] He subsequently published Balloon in 1999 and Sweeter Life in 2003.

Raised in Leamington, Ontario, he moved to Toronto in the 1970s to play music, his first passion. He was the guitar player for a while with Edward Bear and later Chris De Burgh from Ireland.

References[edit]

  1. ^ [1] Archived August 16, 2006, at the Wayback Machine