David Macfarlane

DAVID MACFARLANE was born in Hamilton, Ontario in 1952. His first book, The Danger Tree, won the Canadian Authors' Association award for non-fiction. His debut novel, Summer Gone, was shortlisted for the Giller Prize and won the Chapters/Books in Canada First Novel Award. He has won numerous National Magazine Awards and a National Newspaper Award. His play, Fishwrap, was produced at Toronto's Tarragon Theatre in 2005, and his most recent novel, The Figures of Beauty, was published in 2013. He lives in Toronto.