Robert Hough has been published to rave reviews around the world. He is the author of The Final Confession of Mabel Stark (Vintage Canada, 2002), shortlisted for both the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for best first book and the Trillium Book Award; The Stowaway (Vintage Canada, 2004), one of the Boston Globe's top ten fiction titles of 2004; The Culprits (Vintage Canada, 2008); Dr. Brinkley's Tower (House of Anansi, 2012), shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for fiction and longlisted for the Giller Prize; The Man Who Saved Henry Morgan (House of Anansi, 2015), a finalist for the Trillium Book Award; Diego's Crossing (Annick Press, 2015), shortlisted for the Arthur Ellis Award; and his recent novel, The Marriage of Rose Camilleri (2021). Hough lives in Toronto, ON.