Sheldon Currie
BIOGRAPHY
Sheldon Currie was born in Reserve Mines, Cape Breton, and often draws from the mining experience in his writing. His novel, The Glace Bay Miners’ Museum, was adapted for film under the title Margaret’s Museum, which won international accolades, and was also the basis of a CBC radio play by Wendy Lill. A recent stage adaptation of his novel, The Company Store, concluded runs in theatres across Canada just last year.
After a short spell in the RCAF and several jobs, Sheldon attended the University College of Cape Breton and St. Francis Xavier University. He did post-graduate work at the University of New Brunswick and the University of Alabama before starting to teach in high schools, and subsequently at St. Francis Xavier University. Sheldon is now retired from teaching and writes full-time.
