Edward Gates

Edward Gates is a Canadian poet.

Life
Gates was born in Saint John, New Brunswick. He earned an M.A. from the University of New Brunswick, and a B.Ed. from Saint Thomas University.

He has taught school in northern Saskatchewan, and has also worked in construction.

He has had more than 140 poems published in two anthologies and over 35 journals in Canada, the United States and Britain.

He lives in Belleisle Creek, New Brunswick, where he works as a blueberry farmer and karate instructor, with his wife Dorina Gates (a teacher and artist who illustrates his books) and their three children.

Recognition
Gates has won the Alfred G Bailey Prize, the Writer's Federation of New Brunswick Poetry Prize and the Poet's Corner Award.