Nino Ricci
NINO RICCI is the multi-award winning, bestselling author of the Lives of the Saints trilogy, Testament , The Origin of Species , the Pierre Elliott Trudeau book in the Extraordinary Canadians series, and Sleep . He's been the recipient of the Governor General's Award twice, the Trillium Book Award, the Books in Canada First Novel Award, the Canadian Authors Association Award for Fiction, among others, and has been a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Ricci has been awarded an honorary...See more
NINO RICCI is the multi-award winning, bestselling author of the Lives of the Saints trilogy, Testament , The Origin of Species , the Pierre Elliott Trudeau book in the Extraordinary Canadians series, and Sleep . He's been the recipient of the Governor General's Award twice, the Trillium Book Award, the Books in Canada First Novel Award, the Canadian Authors Association Award for Fiction, among others, and has been a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Ricci has been awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws and the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Juiblee Medal. He has been recognized with the Order of Canada for his contributions to literature as a renowned author. He lives in Toronto. See less