Andrew Kaufman

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Andrew Kaufman
Born1968
ReLit Award
(2015)
ChildrenPhoenix & Frida

Andrew Kaufman (born 1968) is a Canadian writer, film director, and radio producer, best known for novels which incorporate aspects of genre literature, such as fantasy, superhero and detective novels, with humor.[1]

Born and raised in Wingham, Ontario, Kaufman regularly promotes himself as the second most famous and/or second best writer to come from Wingham, as the town was also the birthplace of Alice Munro.[1]

Career

Kaufman was a revolving cast member of the

Perpetual Motion Roadshow.[2]

His debut novella, All My Friends Are Superheroes, was published by Coach House Books in 2003, and is a humorous love story between a normal man and a super-heroine, The Perfectionist. The novella is set in a community of superheroes in Toronto, in which the bizarre characters (The Seeker, The Inverse, BusinessMan etc.) actually personify different human types.[2] A 10th anniversary edition with added bonus material was released in April 2013.

He has since published five more novels. His 2013 novel, Born Weird, was shortlisted for the

ReLit Award for Novel.[4] Small Claims and The Ticking Heart were shortlisted for the same award.[5][6]

Awards

Awards for Kaufman's writing
Year Title Award Result Ref.
2013 Born Weird Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour Shortlist [3]
2015 The Tiny Wife
ReLit Award
for Novel 		Winner [4]
2018 Small Claims
ReLit Award
for Novel 		Shortlist [5]
2020 The Ticking Heart
ReLit Award
for Novel 		Shortlist [6]

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ a b Terra Arnone, "I'd walk to Wingham and back for Andrew Kaufman, but 176 pages later, Small Claims has been a stretch" Archived 8 July 2023 at the Wayback Machine. National Post, May 17, 2017.
  2. ^ a b Katie Heindl, "Chatting with Andrew Kaufman about 'All My Friends Are Superheroes'" Archived 7 December 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Vice, May 15, 2013.
  3. ^ a b "The authors on the shortlist for the Stephen Leacock Medal are no April Fools" Archived 13 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine. CBC Books, April 2, 2013.
  4. ^
    CBC Books. Archived
    from the original on 8 July 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  5. ^
    CBC Books. 7 April 2021. Archived
    from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  6. ^
    CBC Books. 27 April 2021. Archived
    from the original on 30 May 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  7. ^ Mark Medley, "Andrew Kaufman discusses The Waterproof Bible" Archived 8 July 2023 at the Wayback Machine. National Post, February 23, 2010.
  8. Quill and Quire. Archived
    from the original on 12 August 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
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