Russell Thornton (writer)

Russell Thornton is a Canadian poet.

His book House Built of Rain (2003) was a shortlisted nominee for the 2004 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize and the 2004 ReLit Award.

His collection Birds, Metals, Stones and Rain (2013) was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 2013 Governor General's Awards, the 2014 Raymond Souster Award and the 2014 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize.

His collection The Hundred Lives (2014) was a shortlisted nominee for the 2015 Griffin Poetry Prize.

He is based in North Vancouver, British Columbia.

Publications

 * 2000 The Fifth Window
 * 2002 A Tunisian Notebook
 * 2003 House Built of Rain
 * 2006 The Human Shore
 * 2013 Birds, Metals, Stones & Rain
 * 2014 The Hundred Lives 
 * 2018 The Broken Face
 * 2021 Answer to Blue
 * 2023 The White Light of Tomorrow