Bergen Wins 2005 Giller Prize

David Bergen beat out four other finalists Tuesday night to take home the 2005 Giller Prize, Canada’s preeminent award for fiction. Bergen’s novel, The Time In-Between, finished ahead of books by Joan Barfoot, Camilla Gibb, Lisa Moore, and Edeet Ravel in the lavish award ceremony broadcast across Canada. Bergen receives CAN$40,000 in prize money.