Christopher Shulgan

Christopher Shulgan is an award-winning writer who contributes essays and feature articles to various magazines and newspapers in the United States and Canada. His second book, Superdad: A Memoir of Rebellion, Drugs and Fatherhood, is the story of Shulgan's struggles with crack cocaine and the responsibilities brought on by the birth of his first child. It was released in October with Key Porter books. His first book, the critically acclaimed political history, The Soviet Ambassador: The Making of the Radical Behind Perestroika, was released in 2008 and shortlisted for the largest prize for non-fiction published in Canada, the National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction. A paperback edition of The Soviet Ambassador is due out with McClelland & Stewart in March of 2010. Shulgan completed his undergraduate degree at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, and has a Master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. He lives with his wife and two children in Toronto, and he's online at www.shulgan.com.

Appearances at BookFestWindsor:
November 6, 8:45 - 10 p.m. (Wilkinson)