Sean Dixon (writer)
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Sean Dixon is a Canadian playwright.[1] He is most noted for his 2014 stage play A God in Need of Help,[2] which was a Governor General's Award nominee for English-language drama at the 2014 Governor General's Awards.[3]
A 1988 graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada,[1] Dixon began his career as an actor, and was a cofounder of the Winnipeg-based Primus theatre company in the late 1980s.[4] His early plays included Dog Day (1989),[5] Falling Back Home (1990)[6] End of the World Romance (1991),[7] 1492 (1992),[8] District of Centuries (1995),[9] Billy Nothin' (1999),[10] and The Epic Period (2001).[11]
He received Dora Mavor Moore Award nominations for Best Original Play, Independent Theatre in 1993 for 1492,[12] and Best Original Play, General Theatre in 2014 for A God in Need of Help.[13]
His subsequent plays have included The Wilberforce Hotel (2015)[14] and The Orange Dot (2017).[15]
He has also published two fantasy novels for young readers, The Feathered Cloak (2007)[16] and The Winter Drey (2009),[17] and the adult novels The Girls Who Saw Everything (2007)[18] The Many Revenges of Kip Flynn (2011)[19] and The Abduction of Seven Forgers (2023).[20]
He lives in Toronto, Ontario, and is married to documentary filmmaker Katerina Cizek.