Wayne Johnston (writer)

Wayne Johnston
Wayne Johnston at the Eden Mills Writers' Festival in 2013
Born (1958-05-22) 22 May 1958
Goulds, Newfoundland, Canada
OccupationNovelist
GenreFiction, Non-Fiction
Notable worksNovels: The Colony of Unrequited Dreams, The Divine Ryans
Website
www.waynejohnston.ca

Wayne Johnston (born May 22, 1958) is a Canadian novelist. His fiction deals primarily with the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, often in a historical setting. In 2011 Johnston was awarded the Writers' Trust Engel/Findley Award in recognition of his overall contribution to Canadian Literature.