Anthony De Sa

Anthony De Sa, Luso-Canadian author with intent gaze, set against a light backdrop, embodying a storyteller's spirit.

Anthony De Sa grew up in Toronto's Portuguese community.

His short fiction has been published in several North American literary magazines.

Anthony's first book, Barnacle Love, was critically acclaimed and became a finalist for the 2008 Scotiabank Giller Prize and the 2009 Toronto Book Award.

Anthony's new novel, Kicking the Sky, is set in 1977, the year a twelve-year-old shoeshine boy named Emanuel Jaques was brutally raped and murdered in Toronto.

Anthony graduated from University of Toronto and Queen's University. He is currently a teacher-librarian at Michael Power/St. Joseph High School. He lives in Toronto with his wife and three boys.

Books by Anthony De Sa

Cover of 'Children of the Moon' by Luso-Canadian author Anthony De Sa, featuring colorful dot patterns on a textured background.
Cover of 'Kicking the Sky' by Luso-Canadian author Anthony De Sa, showing a shadowed figure on a city sidewalk
Cover of 'Barnacle Love' by Luso-Canadian author Anthony De Sa, featuring a fish against a swirling blue background

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