Craig Davidson (born 1976) is a Canadian author of short stories and novels, who has published work under both his own name and the pen names Patrick Lestewka and Nick Cutter. His style has been compared to that of Chuck Palahniuk.

Born in Toronto, Ontario, he was raised in Calgary and St. Catharines. Davidson attended both Trent University and the University of New Brunswick.

His first short story collection, Rust and Bone, was later published in September 2005 by Penguin Books Canada, and was a finalist for the 2006 Danuta Gleed Literary Award. Stories in Rust and Bone have also been adapted into a play by Australian playwright Caleb Lewis and a Golden Globe-nominated film by French director Jacques Audiard.

Davidson also released a novel in 2007 named The Fighter. During the course of his research of the novel, Davidson went on a 16-week steroid cycle. To promote the release of the novel, Davidson participated in a fully sanctioned boxing match against Toronto poet Michael Knox at Florida Jack's Boxing Gym; for the novel's subsequent release in the United States, his publisher organized a similar promotional boxing match against Jonathan Ames. Davidson lost both matches.

His 2013 novel Cataract City was named as a shortlisted nominee for the 2013 Scotiabank Giller Prize.

In addition to his literary fiction, Davidson has also published several works of horror literature using the pseudonyms Patrick Lestewka and Nick Cutter. In 2014, he released the thriller novel The Troop, with The Deep following in 2015.

In 2018, his memoir Precious Cargo, about a year spent driving a bus for disabled children in Calgary, was a finalist for Canada Reads.

His 2018 novel The Saturday Night Ghost Club was a shortlisted finalist for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize and was an American Booksellers Association Indie Next Great Reads selection in July 2019. This novel tells the story of a young boy who is coming-to-age while spending Saturdays catching ghosts with his eccentric Uncle Calvin. It explores themes of grief, depression, family, friendship, and growing into adulthood.

Davidson's work has received acclaim from notable authors such as Stephen King, Scott Smith and Jonathan Maberry.

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Craig Davidson, né en 1976 à Toronto en Ontario, est un écrivain canadien anglophone. Il utilise deux pseudonymes, Patrick Lestewka, avec lequel il a signé son premier roman, The Preserve, paru en 2004, et Nick Cutter. Il vit à Calgary, en Alberta.

Né à Toronto en 1976, Craig Davidson fait ses études à l'Université Trent et à l'Université du Nouveau-Brunswick. Il est aussi diplômé de l'Iowa Writers' Workshop, un programme de création littéraire de l'Université de l'Iowa.

Craig Davidson est principalement connu pour son recueil de nouvelles intitulé Un goût de rouille et d'os (Rust and Bone), paru en 2005. Ce recueil lui a valu un énorme succès critique en France. C'est notamment pour cette raison qu'il sera adapté à l'écran par Jacques Audiard en 2012. Son talent pour l'écriture se voit confirmé en 2008, lorsqu'il publie son premier roman Juste être un homme (The Fighter).

En 2008, pour la promotion de son roman Juste être un homme (The Fighter), un grand combat est organisé, dans lequel Craig Davidson se bat contre un poète. Il confie à l'Express sur un ton amusé: «Je me suis retrouvé sur un ring face à un poète. En général, ces types-là sont épais comme des cigarillos. Pourtant, j'ai perdu. En trois rounds. »

C'est sous le pseudonyme de Patrick Lestewka qu'il signe, en 2003, son premier roman d'horreur intitulé Mother Bitchfight chez Necro Publications. C'est sous un second pseudonyme (Nick Cutter) qu'il publie Troupe 52 (The Troop), ainsi que trois autres romans.

«Son univers violent et son goût du trash lui valent d'être souvent comparé à Chuck Palahniuk même si les détracteurs de ce dernier voit en Davidson un auteur moins gratuitement provocateur […] Craig Davison n'est pas Chuck Palahniuk, il ne cultive pas la grandiloquence et le goût de l'exagération gratuite. Sa violence est réaliste, elle fait mal, tout comme son style, qui fait mouche.»

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