Stephen Guppy

Stephen Guppy (born February 10, 1951, in Nanaimo, British Columbia) is a Canadian writer. He is most noted for his short story "Downwind", which was a shortlisted finalist for the Journey Prize in 1998, and his poetry collection Understanding Heaven, which was shortlisted for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize in 2002.

A graduate of the University of Victoria, he was a longtime professor of creative writing and journalism at Vancouver Island University until his retirement.

Poetry

 * Ghostcatcher (1979)
 * Blind Date with the Angel: The Diane Arbus Poems (1998)
 * Understanding Heaven (2001)

Short story collections

 * Another Sad Day at the Edge of the Empire (1985)
 * The Work of Mercy (2006)

Novels

 * The Fire Thief (2004)
 * Like I Care (2013)

Non-fiction

 * Writing and Workshopping Poetry: A Constructive Introduction (2016)