About
Award-winning poet and children's author who is best known for a rhyming book entitled Alligator Pie. His other notable works include The Ice Cream Store, The Gods, and Civil Elegies.
Before Fame
After graduating from the University of Toronto, he became co-founder and editorial director of House of Anansi Press.
Trivia
He served as Toronto's first Poet Laureate from 2001-2004.
Family Life
He was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario. He married Susan Perly in 1985.
Associated With
His scholarly work, "Savage Fields: An Essay in Literature and Cosmology," includes a critical analysis of the work of singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen.
