David Demchuk is a Canadian playwright and novelist,[1] who received a longlisted Scotiabank Giller Prize nomination in 2017 for his debut novel The Bone Mother.
[2] Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba,[2] of Ukrainian descent,[3] he moved to Toronto, Ontario in 1984.
[10] In 1992, Touch was included in Making Out, the first anthology of Canadian plays by gay writers, alongside works by Ken Garnhum, Sky Gilbert, Daniel MacIvor, Harry Rintoul and Colin Thomas.
[13] His other radio dramas included Alaska, The Island of Dr. Moreau, and The Winter Market.
[17] His new novel, RED X, published by Strange Light, an imprint of Penguin Random House, was released on August 31, 2021.