Richard Toth

Richard Toth was born and raised in Alberta. He moved to New Brunswick in 1965 and married Brenda Moffitt. Brenda died in 2019. Richard was a teacher, a school principal, sold real estate and investment securities, and worked in an automobile dealership. He began keeping a journal when he was in his teens and began painting when he was in his forties. His artworks have been exhibited across New Brunswick and are included in number of corporate and private collections. His published writing includes poetry, short stories, magazine articles, part of a memoir, and two novels. He has won a number of literary awards, including the David Adams Richards Prize. He married Ruth Maclean, a romance author, in 2021. Richard and Ruth live in Riverview, New Brunswick.