Aaron Williams is a Canadian writer, most noted as the winner of the Edna Staebler Award in 2025 for his book The Last Logging Show: A Forestry Family at the End of an Era.Attila Berki, "Aaron Williams wins 2025 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction". Quill & Quire, December 8, 2025.
Born and raised in British Columbia, Williams worked as a logger and forest firefighter until changes in the logging industry led him to return to school to study creative writing at the University of King's College.Lindsey Harrington, "Interview with Aaron Williams". The Miramichi Reader, October 12, 2024. He published his first book, Chasing Smoke: A Wildfire Memoir, in 2017,Tom Sandborn, "Book Review: Chasing Smoke". Vancouver Sun, December 1, 2017. and received a shortlisted nomination for the Margaret and John Savage First Book Award, Non-Fiction at the 2018 Atlantic Book Awards & Festival.Kelli Bartlett, "Chasing Smoke hot on Atlantic Book Awards nomination list". The Northern View, March 30, 2018.
The Last Logging Show, his second book, was published in 2024.Ron Verzuh, "Chainsaw memories". The British Columbia Review, June 12, 2024.
He is currently based in Nova Scotia.
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