Rick Salutin (born August 30, 1942) is a Canadian novelist, playwright, journalist, and critic and has been writing for more than forty years.
Salutin has a child with The Fifth Estate journalist Theresa Burke,[2] whom he has cited as the model for the characters Amy Bert and Antia in The Womanizer.
He wrote "The Culture Vulture" column for many years in This Magazine and received National Newspaper awards for it.
[3] He introduced cartoon strips to This Magazine and convinced Margaret Atwood to regularly collaborate.
His unpublished Maria was a drama on CBC Television about a woman fighting to put factory workers in the union.
His books Marginal Notes: Challenges to the Mainstream and Living in a Dark Age are based on many of his articles from This Magazine.