He was one of two Canadian writers, alongside Esi Edugyan, to make all four award lists in 2011. His second, The Sisters Brothers (2011), was shortlisted for the 2011 Man Booker Prize, the 2011 Scotiabank Giller Prize, the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, and the 2011 Governor General's Award for English-language fiction. His first book, Ablutions: Notes for a Novel (2009), was named a New York Times Editors' Choice book. He is separated from his wife, but they are amicable and share the care of their son. He married screenwriter Leslie Napoles, an American, with whom he has a son named Gustavo. Īlthough born a Canadian citizen, deWitt was raised primarily in Southern California, and later become a United States citizen. When he sold his first book Ablutions (2009), deWitt quit his job as a construction worker to become a writer, and moved to Portland, Oregon. He left Los Angeles to move back in with his parents in the Seattle area, on Bainbridge Island.

He moved to Los Angeles, working at a bar. He credits his father, a carpenter, with giving him his 'lifelong interest in literature.' DeWitt dropped out of high school to become a writer.

The second of three brothers, he spent his childhood moving back and forth across the west coast of North America. As of 2018, he has written four novels: Ablutions (2009), The Sisters Brothers (2011), Undermajordomo Minor (2015) and French Exit (2018).ĭeWitt was born on Vancouver Island at Sidney, British Columbia. Born on Vancouver Island, deWitt lives in Portland, Oregon and has acquired American citizenship. Patrick deWitt (born 1975) is a Canadian novelist and screenwriter.

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