Greg Kearney
Canadian writer
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Greg Kearney is a Canadian writer. He was a humour columnist for Xtra! from 1999 to 2005,[1] and published his debut short story collection Mommy Daddy Baby in 2004.[2]
Born in Kenora, Ontario,[3] he is based in Toronto, where he studied theatre at York University.[3]
He was awarded an Honour of Distinction from the Dayne Ogilvie Prize in 2009,[4] and his second short story collection Pretty, published in 2011, won a ReLit Award in the short fiction category in 2012.[5]
His first novel, The Desperates, was published by Cormorant Books in 2013.[6]
He has also written several short plays for Buddies in Bad Times' annual Rhubarb Festival and Theatre Passe Muraille,[7] including Fruits and Crosses, Margot and the Great Big Plate, The Cry Sisters, The Betty Dean Fanzine, (555) 555 5555[8] and Cancun.[9] Cancun appears in the Sky Gilbert-edited anthology Perfectly Abnormal: Seven Gay Plays, published by Playwrights Canada Press in 2006, alongside plays by Harry Rintoul, Shawn Postoff, Christian Lloyd, Greg MacArthur, Ken Brand and Michael Achtman.[10]
His 2024 novel An Evening with Birdy O'Day was a shortlisted finalist for the 2025 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour.[11]
Works
- Mommy Daddy Baby (2004, ISBN 978-1894692090)
- Pretty (2011, ISBN 978-1550962208)
- The Desperate (2013, ISBN 978-1770863026)
- An Evening with Birdy O'Day (2024, ISBN 978-1551529417)