Guy Lawson (born 14 June 1963) is a Canadian American journalist and true crime writer who has been published in Harper's, GQ, the New York Times, and Rolling Stone.
After his parents divorced, he lived with his mother for a period of time before moving to Saskatchewan to rejoin his father, a journalist and writer, and then to Perth, Western Australia in 1981.
From there, Lawson earned additional accolades and opportunities, starting with a breakthrough stories for Harper's about small-town Canadian hockey players and life in a flophouse on the Bowery in New York City.
[3][4] In addition to War Dogs, several of his other works have been optioned, including Octopus (about hedge fund trader and Ponzi scammer Sam Israel), by HBO, a GQ article called "The Knife" about LA gangs which was acquired by CBS,[3] and a New York Times magazine feature on the first expedition to reach the North Pole, titled "Ice Pack" and in development with Sony.
He is an avowed Toronto Maple Leafs fan, remaining loyal to his home province's hockey team despite residing in the United States.