John Gould is a Canadian short story writer from Victoria, British Columbia.[1] He is most noted for his 2003 book Kilter: 55 fictions, which was shortlisted for the Giller Prize.[2]
Gould's first book, The Kingdom of Heaven: 88 Palm-of-the-Hand Stories, was published in 1996.[3]
CBC Books listed Gould's 2020 collection of short stories, The End of Me, on its list of Canadian fiction to watch for in spring 2020.[4] The book was shortlisted for the 2021 ReLit Award for short fiction.[5]
Gould currently teaches creative writing at the University of Victoria.[6] He is also a member of the fiction editorial board at The Malahat Review, a respected Canadian literary journal.
He is the nephew of journalist Robert Fulford.[1]