Chris Gudgeon
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| Born |
Christopher Jonathon Gudgeon May 4, 1959 Hamilton, Ontario |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | writer, producer |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Children | 3 |
Christopher Gudgeon (born 1959) is an author, poet and screenwriter. He has contributed to numerous magazines – including Playboy, MAD and National Lampoon – and written almost 20 books, from critically acclaimed fiction and poetry like Song of Kosovo¸ Encyclopedia of Lies, Assdeep in Wonder and Greetings from the Vodka Sea, to celebrated biographies of Stan Rogers and Milton Acorn, to popular history on subjects as varied as sex, fishing and lotteries. He is also Executive Director of It Gets Better Canada, and not-for-profit organization promoting positive messages of hope for LGBTQ+ youth.
He also has numerous TV and film credits, including co-writing and starring in the Markham Street Films feature film The Trick with the Gun, and creating, writing and co-producing the Ghost Trackers for YTV/HBO Family and the ground-breaking animated cross-platform series GeoFreakZ for Teletoon.
In his varied and spotty career, Gudgeon has worked as a psychiatric orderly, rent boy, bartender, rock musician, TV weatherman, bible salesman, radio sportscaster and rodeo clown.
Gudgeon has two sons — Charles and Tavish (both born 1994). His youngest son, the poet Keating Gudgeon (born 1996), died of a previously undiagnosed medical condition in 2016. Gudgeon divides his time between Vancouver, Toronto and Los Angeles.
Gudgeon was born in Hamilton, Ontario. The youngest of four children, his family moved extensively across Canada and England. His mother Patricia was a housewife. His father, William, was an oft-unemployed chemical salesman with aspirations of becoming an actor. Eventually, his father did appear as Poseidon in Ray Harryhausen's classic film, Jason and the Argonauts. As a young man trying to build a career as a writer, Gudgeon worked a variety of jobs across Canada, the United States and Europe including psychiatric orderly, rent boy, bartender, rock musician, radio sportscaster, fishmonger, rodeo clown, television weatherman, customs agent and youth outreach worker.
Gudgeon has written twenty books, including An Unfinished Conversation: The Life and Music of Stan Rogers, and The Luck of the Draw: True Life Tales of Lottery Winners and Losers – both national best-sellers—and Out of This World, acclaimed biography of the poet, Milton Acorn. His most recent book was the novel Song of Kosovo published by Goose Lane Editions in 2012. His work has been cited and anthologized in various books including the newest edition of Colombo’s Canadian Quotations and the hit Chicken Soup for the Soul series. He has also contributed to more than 100 publications, including MAD, National Lampoon, TV Guide, Playboy, The Malahat Review, The Globe and Mail, and GEIST. He is a former member of the editorial board of Geist and was fiction editor of Cut To: Magazine.
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