Leon Rooke

|awards = Order of Canada |website = }} Leon Rooke, CM (born September 11, 1934) is a Canadian novelist. He was born in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina in the United States. Educated at the University of North Carolina, he moved to Canada in 1969. He now lives in Toronto, Ontario.

Rooke helped to found the Eden Mills Writers' Festival in 1989. In 2002, Rooke championed ''The Stone Angel'' by Margaret Laurence in that year's edition of ''Canada Reads''. Rooke's work also appears in Blackbird: an online journal of literature and the arts.

In 2007, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Last one home sleeps in the yellow bed; stories.

    Last one home sleeps in the yellow bed; stories. by Rooke, Leon

    Published 1968
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    Death suite /

    Death suite / by Rooke, Leon

    Published 1981
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    Shakespeare's dog : a novel /

    Shakespeare's dog : a novel / by Rooke, Leon

    Published 1983
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    Sing me no love songs, I'll say you no prayers : selected stories /

    Sing me no love songs, I'll say you no prayers : selected stories / by Rooke, Leon

    Published 1984
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    Swinging through Dixie /

    Swinging through Dixie / by Rooke, Leon

    Published 2016
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    The April poems /

    The April poems / by Rooke, Leon

    Published 2013
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    Fabulous fictions & peculiar practices : Leon Rooke's narratives presented herewith are based on figments of Tony Calzetta's graphic imagination.

    Fabulous fictions & peculiar practices : Leon Rooke's narratives presented herewith are based on figments of Tony Calzetta's graphic imagination. by Rooke, Leon

    Published 2016
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