Michael Redhill


Michael Redhill is an American-born Canadian poet, playwright and novelist. He also writes under the pseudonym Inger Ash Wolfe.

Early life and education

Redhill was born in Baltimore, Maryland and raised in the metropolitan Toronto, Ontario area. He pursued one year of study at Indiana University, and then returned to Canada, completing his education at York University and the University of Toronto.

Career

Redhill worked on the editorial board of Coach House Press from 1993 to 1996, and was the publisher of the Canadian literary magazine Brick from 2000 to 2009. In 2001 his novel Martin Sloane was shortlisted for the Giller Prize. He won the Giller Prize in 2017 for his novel Bellevue Square.
His newest poetry book, Twitch Force, was published in 2019.

Work as Inger Ash Wolfe

In 2012, Redhill revealed that he is also the author of novels published under the pen name Inger Ash Wolfe, described by the publishers of Wolfe's 2008 mystery as a pseudonym for a "well-known and well-regarded North American literary novelist". The pseudonym was originally to be Inger Wolf until it was recognized that a Danish crime writer already uses that name.
As Wolfe, Redhill published his first mystery novel The Calling in 2008, released simultaneously in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom. While the book received good reviews, speculation as to the author's real identity played a large role in many of them. Canadian reviewers suggested Linda Spalding, Michael Redhill, Jane Urquhart and David Adams Richards, among others. American reviewers suggested Margaret Atwood, and Farley Mowat. The second novel by Wolfe, The Taken, was published in 2010. The third, A Door in the River, was published in 2012. Each of the books features series detective Hazel Micallef. The fourth novel in the series, The Night Bell, was published in 2015. In August 2014, a film version of The Calling was released, starring Susan Sarandon as Hazel Micallef.

Publications

Poetry

Building Jerusalem

Redhill has two sons and lives in Toronto.
He had left in his bank account when he cashed the Giller Prize cheque for Bellevue Square.