Award-winning Canadian author Richard B. Wright has died at the age of 79.
His death was confirmed on Wednesday by his literary agent, Dean Cooke.
The St. Catharines, Ont.-based author won the Scotiabank Giller Prize and a Governor General's Literary Award for his 2001 novel ''Clara Callan.''
Wright juggled his writing along with teaching duties at Ridley College in St. Catharines.
Just last year he published the Quebec City-set novel ``Nightfall.''
In 2008, he made the long list for the Giller and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for ``October.''