Russell Thornton is a Canadian poet.

His book House Built of Rain (2003) was a shortlisted nominee for the 2004 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize[1] and the 2004 ReLit Award.

[2] His collection Birds, Metals, Stones and Rain (2013) was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 2013 Governor General's Awards,[3] the 2014 Raymond Souster Award[4] and the 2014 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize.

[5] His collection The Hundred Lives (2014) was a shortlisted nominee for the 2015 Griffin Poetry Prize.

[6] He is based in North Vancouver, British Columbia.