Terry Fallis
1959
Terry Fallis is an award winning writer from Canada, who is popular for writing literature & fiction, political, and satirical novels. He has 6 of his books listed in the national bestsellers. Author Fallis is in contract with Penguin Random House publication’s McClelland & Stewart publishing, which has published all of his novels. He gained success and fame with his very first book and went on to win the Stephen Leacock Medal in 2008 for Humor. Fallis’s first novel also helped him win the Canada Reads in 2011. It was also labeled as the decade’s essential novel of the Canadian origin. The CBC even aired a 6-part TV mini-series based on that book. After the mini-series earned excellent reviews, the book was selected for one of Vancouver’s stage musicals. The next two books that followed in Fallis’ career were finalists for the Leacock Medal.