Derek McCormack (born June 20, 1969) is a Canadian novelist and short story writer whose work is characterized by its extreme brevity and its humorous, often distinctly queer forms of sexual darkness.
[2] The subject of positive reviews[3] and other media coverage, McCormack was frequently described at the beginning of his career as being part of a new generation of Canadian writers, most notably in a 1996 feature about him, Evan Solomon, Russell Smith and Andrew Pyper in The Globe and Mail.
Though they continued to get positive attention, including a nomination of Wild Mouse for the 1999 City of Toronto Book Award,[5] and the inclusion of The Haunted Hillbilly on The Globe and Mail and Village Voice lists of the best books of the year for 2004,[6] McCormack is now firmly a niche or cult writer rather than part of mainstream Canadian literary culture.
[8] Numerous figures in Toronto's arts scene, including musicians Jason Collett, Matthew Barber and Joe Pernice, writers Sheila Heti and Claudia Dey and artists Seth, David Altmejd and Shary Boyle, participated in a series of charity events to fundraise for his medical and living expenses during his surgery and recuperation.
[8] In the December issue of Artforum magazine, a Pas de Chance limited edition of his book "The Well-Dressed Wound" was featured in the "best of 2014."