{{short description|Canadian writer}} '''Eric Siblin''' is a Canadian writer.<ref>"Bach can change your life". ''Saskatoon Star-Phoenix'', May 16, 2009.</ref>
A former music critic for the ''Montreal Gazette'',<ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/book-reviews/review-eric-siblin-chronicles-his-lifelong-dream-of-recording-an-album-in-studio-grace/article25038146/ "Review: Eric Siblin chronicles his lifelong dream of recording an album in Studio Grace"]. ''The Globe and Mail'', June 19, 2015.</ref> he is most noted for his 2009 book ''The Cello Suites: J.S. Bach, Pablo Casals, and the Search for a Baroque Masterpiece''.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/01/books/01book.html "Bewitched by Bach, Bewildered by His Masterpiece"]. ''The New York Times'', November 30, 2009.</ref> The book won both the McAuslan First Book Prize and the Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction from the Quebec Writers' Federation Awards,<ref>"Siblin wins awards". ''Prince George Citizen'', November 19, 2009.</ref> and was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction,<ref>"Literary finalists announced". ''Sherbrooke Record'', October 16, 2009.</ref> the Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction<ref>"Music to his ears". ''Edmonton Journal'', October 23. 2009.</ref> and the B.C. National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction.<ref>"Globe writer calls B.C. literary win shot in the arm for creative non-fiction". ''The Globe and Mail'', January 16, 2010.</ref>
His second book, ''Studio Grace: The Making of a Record'', was published in 2015.<ref>[https://quillandquire.com/review/studio-grace-the-making-of-a-record/ "Studio Grace: The Making of a Record"]. ''Quill & Quire'', May 2015.</ref> It chronicled his year-long effort to record and release an album of self-written songs with a group of session musicians, and was released concurrently with the album ''Songs from Studio Grace''.<ref>[https://www.straight.com/life/510516/eric-siblins-studio-grace-chronicles-life-music "Eric Siblin's Studio Grace chronicles a life in music"]. ''The Georgia Straight'', August 18, 2015.</ref>
==Books== *''The Cello Suites: J.S. Bach, Pablo Casals, and the Search for a Baroque Masterpiece'' (2009, {{ISBN|9780802145246}}) *''Studio Grace: The Making of a Record'' (2015, {{ISBN|9781770899346}})
==Albums== *''Songs from Studio Grace'' (2015)
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