Chad Pelley is a multi-award-winning writer from St. John’s, Newfoundland. His debut novel, Away from Everywhere, was a Coles bestseller, won the NLAC’s CBC Emerging Artist of the Year award, and was shortlisted for the for 2010 ReLit award, as well as the Canadian Authors Association Emerging Writer of the Year award. It has been adopted by multiple university English courses, and multiple film companies are currently interested in optioning it for film.
Critics have all focused on the emotional intensity and attention to detail in his writing. His short fiction has won awards, been anthologized, and accepted for publication by leading literary journals such as Prairie Fire.
Chad facilitates a creative writing course at Memorial University, sits on the board of directors at the Writers’ Alliance of Newfoundland & Labrador, runs Salty Ink.com, and has written for a variety of publications, such as Quill & Quire, The Telegram and Atlantic Books Today.
He also sells photography and writes original music, and only does all of the above because he cannot sing well enough to pursue a career in music.