Michael Coren

The Reverend
Michael Coren
Coren in 2010
Born (1959-01-15) 15 January 1959 (age 65)
Walthamstow, Essex, England
NationalityBritish, Canadian
Alma materUniversity of Nottingham
City University, London
Trinity College, Toronto
Occupation(s)Author, columnist, talk show host
Notable work
  • As I See It
  • C.S. Lewis: The Man Who Created Narnia
  • Why Catholics Are Right
  • J.R.R. Tolkien: The Man Who Created the Lord of the Rings
Spouse
Bernadette[1]
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(m. 1987)​
Children4
RelativesAlan Coren (cousin)
Giles Coren
(first cousin once removed)
Victoria Coren Mitchell
(first cousin once removed)
Websitewww.michaelcoren.com

Michael Coren (born 15 January 1959) is a British-Canadian writer and clergyman. A long-time television personality, Coren hosted The Michael Coren Show on the Crossroads Television System from 1999 to 2011 before moving to the Sun News Network to host The Arena with Michael Coren,[2] from 2011 until the channel's demise in early 2015.[3] He has also been a long-time radio personality, particularly on Toronto talk radio station CFRB. Coren is currently a columnist for the Toronto Star and iPolitics.

He has written more than ten books, including biographies of G. K. Chesterton, H. G. Wells, Arthur Conan Doyle, J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis. His latest books are Heresy: Ten Lies They Spread About Christianity (2012), The Future of Catholicism (2013), Hatred: Islam's War on Christianity (2014), Epiphany: A Christian's Change of Heart & Mind over Same-Sex Marriage (2016) and The Rebel Christ (2021).

  1. ^ In his new book, Michael Coren does battle with enemies of Catholicism, National Post, 16 April 2011
  2. ^ "Michael Coren to deliver 'straight talk': Talk show star to join Sun News Network prime-time lineup", Toronto Sun, 28 June 2011
  3. ^ "Sun News Network goes off the air". The Globe and Mail. 13 February 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2015.