Spotlight – Chad
Ganske
By Maer Wilson
Today, I’m happy to welcome the always
fun Chad Ganske into the spotlight, with
his fascinating debut novel, Idyllic Avenue.
Chad was born in Red Deer, Alberta,
Canada in 1976, relocating with his family
to the small harbor town of Sidney, British
Columbia, on Vancouver Island in the late
eighties. After graduating from high school
in 1994 he enrolled in the University of
Victoria but left after one semester to enter
the workforce. He slogged through a
variety of entry level jobs before finally
publishing his first novel, Idyllic Avenue.
He presently resides in Victoria, British
Columbia, where he spends a great deal of
time alternating between states of elation
and frustration while watching the
Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey
League. Read on for Chad’s interview and
more about his book!
Stanford Samuels is an ordinary man with
an extraordinary disease, segregated with
his fellow mutants from the healthy
population by 80 foot walls. Sarah is the
genetically perfect woman assigned to
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