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'Will Ferguson' is a Canadian writer and novelist who is best known for his humorous observations on Canadian history and culture. His success as a writer can be attributed to an innate ability to view Canada much the same way an outsider would. Ferguson was born fourth of six other children in the former trading post of Fort Vermilion, Alberta approximately 800 km north of Edmonton. His parents split up when he was 6 during a brief interlude in Regina. At the age of 16 he quit school and moved to Saskatoon, Dauphin, and Red Deer. He then joined the Canadian government funded programs Katimavik and Canada World Youth. He studied film production and screenwriting at York University in Toronto graduating with a B.F.A. in 1990.
He married his wife Terumi in Kumamoto, Japan in 1995. After coming back from Japan he experienced a severe reverse culture shock which became the basis for his first book ''Why I Hate Canadians''. Ferguson lived in Japan for five years teaching English. He details his experiences hitchhiking across Japan in ''Hokkaido Highway Blues'' later retitled ''Hitching Rides with Buddha''.
Ferguson has won the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour twice, for ''Generica'' (later renamed ''HappinessTM'') in 2002 and ''Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw'' in 2005.
Ferguson championed ''Sarah Binks'' by Paul Hiebert in ''Canada Reads 2003''.
He currently resides in Calgary, Alberta with his wife and two sons. His older brother, Ian Ferguson, also won the Stephen Leacock Medal, for ''Village of the Small Houses''.
★ ''Why I Hate Canadians'' (1997)
★ ''I Was a Teenage Katima-Victim!'' (1998)
★ ''Hokkaido Highway Blues'' (1998), republished in 2005 as ''Hitching Rides with Buddha''
★ ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to Japan'' (1998)
★ ''Bastards & Boneheads: Canada's Glorious Leaders Past and Present'' (1999)
★ ''The Girlfriend's Guide to Hockey'' (1999)
★ ''Canadian History for Dummies'' (2000, revised 2005)
★ ''Generica'' (2001), winner of the Stephen Leacock Award, later republished as ''Happiness™''
★ ''How to Be a Canadian (Even if You Already Are One)'' (2001), cowritten with Ian Ferguson
★ ''Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw'' (2004), winner of the Stephen Leacock Award
★ ''The Penguin Anthology of Canadian Humour'' (editor) (2006)
★ ''Spanish Fly'' (2007)
★ Will Ferguson website
★ Interview with Will Ferguson
He married his wife Terumi in Kumamoto, Japan in 1995. After coming back from Japan he experienced a severe reverse culture shock which became the basis for his first book ''Why I Hate Canadians''. Ferguson lived in Japan for five years teaching English. He details his experiences hitchhiking across Japan in ''Hokkaido Highway Blues'' later retitled ''Hitching Rides with Buddha''.
Ferguson has won the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour twice, for ''Generica'' (later renamed ''HappinessTM'') in 2002 and ''Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw'' in 2005.
Ferguson championed ''Sarah Binks'' by Paul Hiebert in ''Canada Reads 2003''.
He currently resides in Calgary, Alberta with his wife and two sons. His older brother, Ian Ferguson, also won the Stephen Leacock Medal, for ''Village of the Small Houses''.
| Contents |
| Books by Will Ferguson |
| External links |
Books by Will Ferguson
★ ''Why I Hate Canadians'' (1997)
★ ''I Was a Teenage Katima-Victim!'' (1998)
★ ''Hokkaido Highway Blues'' (1998), republished in 2005 as ''Hitching Rides with Buddha''
★ ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to Japan'' (1998)
★ ''Bastards & Boneheads: Canada's Glorious Leaders Past and Present'' (1999)
★ ''The Girlfriend's Guide to Hockey'' (1999)
★ ''Canadian History for Dummies'' (2000, revised 2005)
★ ''Generica'' (2001), winner of the Stephen Leacock Award, later republished as ''Happiness™''
★ ''How to Be a Canadian (Even if You Already Are One)'' (2001), cowritten with Ian Ferguson
★ ''Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw'' (2004), winner of the Stephen Leacock Award
★ ''The Penguin Anthology of Canadian Humour'' (editor) (2006)
★ ''Spanish Fly'' (2007)
External links
★ Will Ferguson website
★ Interview with Will Ferguson
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