Greg Kearney

Greg Kearney
Born	Kenora, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	novelist, short story writer, playwright
Nationality	Canadian
Period	2000s-present
Notable works	Pretty, The Desperates

Greg Kearney is a Canadian writer. He was a humour columnist for Xtra! from 1999 to 2005, ^[1] and published his debut short story collection Mommy Daddy Baby in 2004. ^[2]

Born in Kenora, Ontario, ^[3] he is based in Toronto, where he studied theatre at York University. ^[3]

He was awarded an Honour of Distinction from the Dayne Ogilvie Prize in 2009, ^[4] and his second short story collection Pretty, published in 2011, won a ReLit Award in the short fiction category in 2012. ^[5]

His first novel, The Desperates, was published by Cormorant Books in 2013. ^[6]

He has also written several short plays for Buddies in Bad Times' annual Rhubarb Festival and Theatre Passe Muraille, ^[7] including Fruits and Crosses, Margot and the Great Big Plate, The Cry Sisters, The Betty Dean Fanzine, [phone] ^[8] and Cancun. ^[9] Cancun appears in the Sky Gilbert-edited anthology Perfectly Abnormal: Seven Gay Plays, published by Playwrights Canada Press in 2006, alongside plays by Harry Rintoul, Shawn Postoff, Christian Lloyd, Greg MacArthur, Ken Brand and Michael Achtman. ^[10]

His 2024 novel An Evening with Birdy O'Day was a shortlisted finalist for the 2025 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. ^[11]

Works

• Mommy Daddy Baby (2004, ISBN   978-1894692090)
• Pretty (2011, ISBN   978-1550962208)
• The Desperate (2013, ISBN   978-1770863026)
• An Evening with Birdy O'Day (2024, ISBN   978-1551529417)

References

1. "Greg Kearney bids farewell" Archived 2020-04-05 at the Wayback Machine . Xtra! , September 14, 2005.
2. "Mommy Daffy Baby". Quill & Quire , February 2005.
3. "Crazy wisdom" Archived 2014-08-12 at the Wayback Machine . Xtra! , November 10, 2004.
4. "Toronto novelist wins award for emerging gay writer". CBC News, June 9, 2009.
5. "ReLit Awards 2012 winners announced" Archived 2013-12-19 at the Wayback Machine . Quill & Quire , October 30, 2012.
6. "Self-Doubt, Self-Sabotage & No Edit Button". In Toronto, November 2013.
7. Greg Kearney Archived 2013-08-09 at the Wayback Machine plays listing at doollee.com.
8. "Rhubarb and Cheese, Rhubarb and Cheese, Rhubarb and Cheese…". Torontoist , February 2, 2005.
9. "Rhubarb Profile: Cancun". BlogTO, February 10, 2006.
10. Perfectly Abnormal: Seven Gay Plays. Playwrights Canada Press, 2006. ISBN   978-0887548529.
11. Cassandra Drudi, "Three books shortlisted for 2025 Leacock Medal". Quill & Quire , May 20, 2025.