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Ronald Wright
Wright speaking at the University of Alberta, 2007
Born1948 (age 75–76)
London, United Kingdom
NationalityCanadian
Occupation(s)Writer, historian, novelist
Notable workStolen Continents,
A Short History of Progress,
What Is America?

Ronald Wright (born 1948, London, England) is a Canadian author who has written books of travel, history and fiction. His nonfiction includes the bestseller Stolen Continents, winner of the Gordon Montador Award and chosen as a book of the year by The Independent and the Sunday Times. His first novel, A Scientific Romance, won the 1997 David Higham Prize for Fiction and was chosen a book of the year by the Globe and Mail, the Sunday Times, and the New York Times.

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