Richard Murray Vaughan (March 2, 1965 – October 2020)[1] was a Canadian writer and artist.
[3] He was playwright-in-residence at Toronto's Buddies in Bad Times from 1994-95, and published numerous works, including poetry, fiction, stage plays and journalism for Utne Reader, Xtra!
[5] His books included the poetry collections a selection of dazzling scarves (1996), Ruined Stars (2004), and Troubled: A Memoir in Poems (2008), the plays Camera, Woman (2001) and The Monster Trilogy (2003), and the novels A Quilted Heart (1998) and Spells (2003).
His 2015 book Bright Eyed is a memoir of his struggles with insomnia.
[7] Vaughan was found dead by Fredericton Police on October 23, 2020.