A scribbler from an early age, Ontario-born Malone is an air force brat of German/Scottish/French Canadian descent. It was a chance encounter with a biography of Napoleon in Mrs. Radcliffe’s Grade 3 library class that began a life-long fascination with books and writing. After family postings to Ottawa and Montréal, Malone studied literature and language at John Abbott College and obtained a degree in media communications at Corcordia University. Since 1986, Malone has lived in Nova Scotia working as a technical writer/editor to support a long-time, night-time writing habit.

Malone has nurtured a writing style that is fresh, rule-breaking, and slightly satirical, culminating in works of innovative narrative and imagery. A former tongue-in-cheek sex advice columnist with Instinct magazine, Malone has also written for television (CBC Television/Topsail Entertainment).

Novels:

I Still Have a Suitcase in Berlin
(Random House, 2008)

Miss Elva
(Random House, 2005)

• Shortlisted, Dartmouth Book Award for Fiction
  2006 Atlantic Book Awards