Cathal Kelly

Cathal Kelly is a Canadian columnist for The Globe and Mail . ^[1] He won the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour in 2019 for his childhood memoir Boy Wonders. ^[2]

Kelly was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, to immigrant parents from Ireland. ^[3] He studied political science at the University of Toronto and journalism at Ryerson University, before joining the Toronto Star as a copy editor in the early 2000s. ^[4] He began writing for the paper as a beat reporter covering the Toronto Blue Jays, as well as writing some automobile and travel journalism, before becoming a full-time sports columnist in 2010. ^[5] He was hired byThe Globe and Mail in 2014. ^[4]

Personal life

Kelly is married to visual artist Dara Vandor. The couple have one child.

References

1. "Cathal Kelly's memoir Boy Wonders wins $15K Leacock Medal for humour writing". CBC Books, May 6, 2019.
2. "Cathal Kelly wins Leacock Medal". Quill & Quire , June 10, 2019.
3. Gerald Flood, "Nostalgic memoir a marvel". Winnipeg Free Press , November 10, 2018.
4. "Prize Fighters: Sports sections are on the ropes, but columnists with distinctive voices are still throwing punches". Ryerson Review of Journalism , Spring 2015.
5. "Racism back on soccer's front burner". Toronto Star , February 3, 2005.