Richard Gwyn is an award-winning author and political columnist. He is widely known as a commentator for the Toronto Star on national and international affairs and as a frequent contributor to television and radio programs.

Latest Book:

Winner, 2008 Charles Taylor Prize
for Literary Non-Fiction

John A, The Man Who Made Us
The Life and Times of John A. Macdonald
Vol. One: 1815-1867

Richard's other books include two highly praised biographies, The Unlikely Revolutionary on Newfoundland premier Joey Smallwood, and The Northern Magus on Pierre Elliot Trudeau. His most recent book, Nationalism Without Walls: The Unbearable Lightness of Being Canadian, was selected by The Literary Review of Canada as one of the 100 most important books published in Canada.