Chris Gudgeon

Christopher Gudgeon (born 1959) is an author, poet and screenwriter. He has contributed to numerous magazines – including Playboy, MAD and National Lampoon – and written almost 20 books, from critically acclaimed fiction and poetry like Song of Kosovo¸ Encyclopedia of Lies, Assdeep in Wonder and Greetings from the Vodka Sea, to celebrated biographies of Stan Rogers and Milton Acorn, to popular history on subjects as varied as sex, fishing and lotteries. He is also Executive Director of It Gets Better Canada, and not-for-profit organization promoting positive messages of hope for LGBTQ+ youth.He also has numerous TV and film credits, including co-writing and starring in the Markham Street Films feature film The Trick with the Gun, and creating, writing and co-producing the Ghost Trackers for YTV/HBO Family and the ground-breaking animated cross-platform series GeoFreakZ for Teletoon.In his varied and spotty career, Gudgeon has worked as a psychiatric orderly, rent boy, bartender, rock musician, TV weatherman, bible salesman, radio sportscaster and rodeo clown.Gudgeon has two sons — Charles and Tavish (both born 1994). His youngest son, the poet Keating Gudgeon (born 1996), died of a previously undiagnosed medical condition in 2016. Gudgeon divides his time between Vancouver, Toronto and Los Angeles.

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