Meet the 2023 Writers

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Ian Ferguson and Will Ferguson

Ian Ferguson and Will Ferguson have combined their considerable talents to create I Only Read Murder (HarperCollins) the first volume in a comedic crime series featuring Miranda Abbot, a once-beloved television sleuth.

Ian Ferguson won the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour for Village of the Small Houses and is the co-author, with his brother, Will, of How to Be a Canadian, which was shortlisted for the Leacock Medal and won the CBA Libris Award for non-fiction. A writer and creative director in the film and television industry, he lives in Victoria.

Will Ferguson is a three-time winner of the Leacock Medal for Humour. His novels include his debut, HappinessTM, sold in twenty-three languages; 419, which won the Scotiabank Giller Prize; and The Finder, which won the 2021 Arthur Ellis Award for Crime Fiction. With his brother, Ian, he is the author of the mega-bestseller How to Be a Canadian. He lives in Calgary.

I Only Read Murder by Ian Ferguson and Will Ferguson (book cover)
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Ian Ferguson. Photo by David Bruce Photography
Ian Ferguson. Photo by David Bruce Photography
Will Ferguson. Photo by Terumi Ferguson
Will Ferguson. Photo by Terumi Ferguson