Morgan Murray (he/him) is a settler from the same backwoods central Alberta village as figure-skating legend Kurt Browning (Caroline, AB in Treaty 6 territory). He now lives in the backwoods of Cape Breton (Unama’ki) with his wife, cartoonist Kate Beaton, and their little family.
In between, he has been a rancher, a roustabout, a reporter, a tour guide, a schemer, a variety show host, and a student in Caroline, Calgary, Paris, Prague, Montreal, Chicoutimi, and St. John’s. His first novel, DIRTY BIRDS has been compared to Kurt Vonnegut, and has been a finalist for the Leacock Medal for Humour, longlisted for CBC Canada Reads 2021, a finalist for three Atlantic Book Awards (winning the Best Atlantic Published Book), shortlisted for the ReLit Awards, won a Forewords Indies International Award for Humour, was a finalist for three Eric Hoffer Literary Awards, and won the 2022 IPPY Independent Voice Award.
Morgan is represented by Samantha Haywood.
Welcome to Transatlantic Morgan!