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] 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.)
His 2013 novel, Born Weird, was shortlisted for the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour.