Weiner was born in Wisconsin, studied writing at the University of California, and went on to study film animation. His first novel, The Museum of Love, was published in six countries and was shortlisted for the Giller Prize. He lives in Vancouver. His second novel The Yellow Sailor (cover at right) follows four sailors and the owner of a German merchant ship, which sets sail from Hamburg in 1914.

BOOKS:

The Museum of Love

The Yellow Sailor (2001)

[BCBW 2004] "Fiction"