Ian Williams (writer)

Ian Williams (born June 17, 1979) is a Canadian poet and fiction writer.

Williams is the author of Personals (poems, 2012), which was shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize[1] and the Robert Kroetsch Poetry Book Award.[2] His collection of short stories, Not Anyone's Anything, won the Danuta Gleed Literary Award.[3] His first book of poetry, You Know Who You Are, was shortlisted for the ReLit Awards.[4]

Williams earned Honours B.Sc., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Toronto. He is currently a professor of creative writing at the University of British Columbia, as well as a trustee of The Griffin Trust For Excellence In Poetry.[5]

His debut novel, Reproduction, was published in 2019,[6] and was awarded the 2019 Giller Prize.[7] It was also shortlisted for the 2019 Amazon.ca First Novel Award,[8] and the 2019 Toronto Book Awards.[9]

His poetry collection Word Problems was shortlisted for the ReLit Award for poetry in 2021,[10] and won the Raymond Souster Award from the League of Canadian Poets.[11]

His essay collection Disorientation was shortlisted for the 2021 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction.[12]