Author name: Craig H. Bowlsby

Craig has a Bfa in creative writing and film from the University of British Columbia. He’s also spent many years studying under other notable teachers and writers, such as William Deverell, the veteran crime writer, and winner of the Dashiell Hammett Prize.
Craig won the 2024 Crime Writers of Canada Award of Excellence for best unpublished manuscript for his novel, “Requiem for a Lotus.” In 2023 Craig also won the Crime Writers of Canada Award of Excellence for his near-future detective short story, “The Girl Who Was Only Three Quarters Dead,” previously published in Mystery Magazine in April 2022.
Craig’s short story, “Bota and the Swarm”, was previously published online by MetaStellar, and in print by the Megan Survival anthology, published by Reality Skimming Press.