Andrew Kaufman

This article is about the Canadian writer. For the American entertainer, see Andy Kaufman.
Andrew Kaufman
Born1968
Wingham, Ontario, Canada
OccupationWriter, director, and producer
EducationF. E. Madill Secondary School
Notable awardsReLit Award (2015)
ChildrenPhoenix & Frida

Andrew Kaufman (born 1968) is a Canadian writer, film director, and radio producer, best known for novels which incorporate aspects of genre literature, such as fantasy, superhero and detective novels, with humor.[1]

Born and raised in Wingham, Ontario, Kaufman regularly promotes himself as the second most famous and/or second best writer to come from Wingham, as the town was also the birthplace of Alice Munro.[1]

  1. ^ a b Terra Arnone, "I'd walk to Wingham and back for Andrew Kaufman, but 176 pages later, Small Claims has been a stretch" Archived 8 July 2023 at the Wayback Machine. National Post, May 17, 2017.