David Macfarlane (born 1952 in Hamilton, Ontario)[1] is a Canadian journalist, playwright and novelist.
His debut novel, 1999's Summer Gone, was shortlisted for the Giller Prize and was a winner of the Books in Canada First Novel Award.
His most recent novel, "The Figures of Beauty," published in 2013, won the Bressani Literary Prize.
His musical portrait of the city in which he lives, "The Toronto Suite," was performed by the Via Salzburg Ensemble at the Glenn Gould Theatre.
In collaboration with musician Douglas Cameron, Macfarlane has co-created "The Door You Came In" – a two-man performance of music and text based on the stories of The Danger Tree.