Kevin Canty (author)

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Kevin Canty
Canty in 2018
Born	(1953-01-17) January 17, 1953 (age 71) Lakeport, California, U.S.
Occupation	Novelist and short story writer
Education	University of Arizona (MFA)
Genre	literary fiction
Relatives	Brendan Canty (brother) James Canty (brother)

Kevin Canty (born January 17, 1953) is an American novelist and short story writer. He is a faculty member in the English department at the University of Montana at Missoula, where he currently resides.^[1] Canty received his master's degree in English from the University of Florida in 1990.^[2] He received his M.F.A. in creative writing from the University of Arizona in 1993.