Jack Winter was born in Canada, educated in Montreal and Toronto, and taught modern theatre and creative writing at several Canadian and British universities including York University (Toronto) and University of Bristol (UK). For twelve years he was resident playwright and dramaturge at Toronto Workshop Productions as well as a freelance playwright/producer/director. Then he and his British wife moved to the UK where he continues to teach and to write. The author of stage plays, cinema films, radio and television productions (C.B.C. B.B.C., Australian Broadcasting Corporation, DeutschlandRadio) as well as academic and popular journalism and critical articles, prose fiction and non-fiction (Modern Language Quarterly, Times Educational Supplement, The Guardian, The Observer, The Poetry Review, Canadian Theatre Review, Theatre Research In Canada, etc.) and several poetry collections, his most recent books are The Tallis Bag (Ottawa: Oberon Press, 2012), My TWP Plays: A Collection Including “Ten Lost Years” (Vancouver: Talonbooks, 2013) and Tales Of The Emperor (Vancouver: Talonbooks, 2015). Recognition for his work includes The Telegram Theatre Award for the Best New Canadian Play (Before Compiègne), the Chalmers Award for the Outstanding Canadian Play (Ten Lost Years), the Ontario Arts Council Senior Writer’s Award, the Canada Council Senior Arts Fellowship, the Canadian Film Award for the Best Documentary Film (Selling Out), an Academy Award nomination for the Best Short Subject (Selling Out), the C. Day-Lewis Fellowship of the Greater London Arts Association, the Arts Council of Great Britain Creative Writing Fellowship (twice). Or, in the words of George Luscombe, his TWP colleague, mentor and friend, “For Christ’s sake, Jack, will you go out and get a job?