Thomas Wharton

Thomas Wharton (born February 25, 1963) is a Canadian writer from Edmonton, Alberta. Life Born in Grande Prairie, Wharton later spent part of his teen years living in Jasper. He attended the University of Alberta and the University of Calgary, where he was a student of Rudy Wiebe and Greg Hollingshead. His first novel began as his M.A. thesis, under the supervision of Kristjana Gunnars. He worked on his PhD at Calgary with Aritha van Herk. Wharton is currently an associate professor of writing and English at the University of Alberta, and head of the creative writing program.