Thing Feigned or Imagined: A Self-Directed Course in the Craft of Fiction

"Somebody commissioned to design the perfect writing mentor would probably come back with Fred Stenson. Stenson is wise, funny, and blessedly enthusiastic about the craft of writing. This is a book real writers are going to use, again and again." --Curtis Gillespie, Playing Through and The Progress of an Object in Motion "In Thing Feigned or Imagined, Stenson takes his readers into the workshop of the writer, examining both basic and seldom-considered aspects of the craft of fiction. The result is illuminating: a book that writers of all levels of expertise will cherish." --Merna Summers

Fred Stenson is the author of thirteen books, including four novels: Lonesome Hero, Last One Home, The Trade and Lightning. He is the recipient of the George Bugnet Novel Award, the City of Edmonton Book Prize and a Giller Prize nomination for The Trade, two AMPIA awards for best documentary script and the Canadian Authors Association Silver Medal for Lonesome Hero. He is the winner of the $25,000 Grant MacEwan Author Prize. He lives in Calgary with his wife, the author and professor Pamela Banting. He has two children.