Iain Reid

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Iain Reid
BornOttawa, Ontario, Canada [1]
OccupationNovelist, memoirist
Nationality Canadian
Period2010s
Notable worksThe Truth About Luck

Iain Reid (born 1981) is a Canadian writer. Winner of the RBC Taylor Emerging Writer Award in 2015, [2] Reid is the author of I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2016) and Foe (2018). [3]

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Writing career

Reid established his writing career by publishing articles and columns in national magazines and newspapers after graduating from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. He drew the National Post 's attention, garnering a weekly column assignment. [4] In 2015, his work began appearing in The New Yorker . [4]

Reid's first memoir, One Bird's Choice: A Year in the Life of an Over-educated, Underemployed Twentysomething Who Moves Back Home, was published in 2010, [5] and was followed by The Truth About Luck: What I Learned on my Road Trip with Grandma in 2013. [6] His debut novel, I'm Thinking of Ending Things , was published in 2016. [7] Academy Award winner Charlie Kaufman adapted the novel into a film for Netflix in 2020. [8] Kaufman consulted with Reid while he was preparing the adaptation, and Reid was an executive producer for the film. [9]

Reid's second novel, Foe , was published by Simon and Schuster in 2018. [10] Anonymous Content purchased the book's film rights, [11] and filming began in Australia in January 2022. [12] Reid co-wrote the screenplay with director Garth Davis. [9] The film stars Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal, with an expected theatrical release in October 2023 [13] before it is available for streaming on Amazon Prime. [9]

Reid's third novel, We Spread , was published by Scout Press in September 2022. [14] [15] Reid is writing the screenplay for the film adaptation with director Minhal Baig. [9] The novel was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 2023 Governor General's Awards. [16]

Personal life

Reid lives in Kingston, Ontario. [4] He is a 2004 graduate of Queen's University at Kingston, where he studied history and journalism. [17] His father, Hugh Reid, is an English professor at Carleton University. His brother, Ewan Reid, is the Founder and CEO of Mission Control Space Services (Mission Control), [18] As of August 1,2024, his sister Eliza Reid was the First Lady of Iceland and his brother-in-law is Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, the former President of Iceland. [3]

Bibliography

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Filmography

YearTitleWriterNotes
2023 Foe YesCo-wrote with Garth Davis
TBAWe SpreadYesCo-writing with Minhal Baig

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References

  1. ↑ "In Debut Thriller Novel, Iain Reid Delivers Shivers Without Reader Knowing Why". NPR, June 12, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Iain Reid wins $10K RBC Taylor Prize Emerging Writer Award". CBC Books, May 11, 2015.
  3. 1 2 Patch, Nick (August 8, 2018). "Iain Reid Is Canada's Next Big Author". Vice . Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  4. 1 2 3 "Kingston author publishes first work of fiction". Kingston Region , May 21, 2016.
  5. ↑ "The fab five: Canlit’s hottest up-and-comers". The Globe and Mail , June 30, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Memoir of time spent with Grandma reveals old truths, young wisdom". The Globe and Mail , March 15, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Profile: Iain Reid explores new territory in his debut work of fiction, I’m Thinking of Ending Things". Quill & Quire , May 2016.
  8. ↑ "Charlie Kaufman Adapting Novel by Canadian Author Iain Reid for Netflix". The National Post. January 25, 2018. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Exploring the wonderfully weird". Queen's Alumni Review. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
  10. ↑ Kerry, Clare (December 3, 2018). "The best books of 2018". Chatelaine (Online).
  11. ↑ Hendra, Peter (December 29, 2018). "A Glorious year for Kingston's Sons". Kingston Whig-Standard . Retrieved March 28, 2019.
  12. ↑ Fleming, Mike Jr. (June 11, 2021). "Saoirse Ronan, Paul Mescal, LaKeith Stanfield To Star In Garth Davis-Directed Grounded Sci-Fi Thriller 'Foe' – Cannes Market". Deadline Hollywood . Archived from the original on June 11, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  13. ↑ Canfield, David (August 15, 2023). "Vanity Fair". Vanity Fair . Retrieved September 8, 2023.
  14. ↑ Rankin, Seija (September 30, 2020). "Iain Reid, author of I'm Thinking of Ending Things, has a haunting new novel in the works". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved June 13, 2021.
  15. ↑ Wiersema, Robert J. (September 21, 2022). "We Spread by Iain Reid". Quill & Quire . ISSN   0033-6491 . Retrieved October 10, 2022.
  16. ↑ "Suzette Mayr, Iain Reid among finalists for Governor General's Literary Awards" Archived 2023-10-29 at the Wayback Machine . Burnaby Now , October 25, 2023.
  17. ↑ "Iain Reid | Department of History, Queen's University". www.queensu.ca. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
  18. ↑ "Canada's Next Big Author is a Queen's Grad | Queen's Alumni". www.queensu.ca. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
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