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David Demchuk

デイビッド・デムチェック

Deibiddo Demuchikku

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Nationality
Canada
Languages
English
Residence History
Winnipeg, Manitoba → Toronto, Ontario

Career

Occupations
playwright, novelist, screenwriter
Active Years
1985-2025
Affiliations
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Nominations
Scotiabank Giller Prize longlist (2017, The Bone Mother), amazon.ca First Novel Award shortlisted finalist (2018, The Bone Mother)

Awards

Dora Mavor Moore Award
1986
Work: Touch
Category: 特別賞
Organization: Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Bone Mother

2017 Horror

A horror novel composed of interlinked stories inspired by Ukrainian folklore, featuring the undead and monsters. The first horror novel longlisted for the Giller Prize.

undeadmonstersUkrainian folklore

RED X

2021 Horror

A novel about serial murders encountered through a gay hookup app.

LGBTQ+serial killermodern society

The Butcher's Daughter: The Hitherto Untold Story of Mrs. Lovett

2025 Horror

The hitherto untold story of Mrs. Lovett, the butcher's daughter.

Bibliography

  • Rosalie Sings Alone
  • If Betty Should Rise
  • Touch
  • The World We Live On Turns So That the Sun Appears to Rise
  • Stay
  • Mattachine
  • Thieves in the Night
  • The Bone Mother
  • RED X
  • The Butcher's Daughter

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Horror-infused linked storiesDark, fantastical narrative style
Recurring Motifs
monstersafterlifesocial alienation

Legacy

Canadian playwright prominent in the 1980s, later worked in broadcasting. Gained attention as a horror novelist with debut The Bone Mother in 2017, nominated for major literary prizes.

Trivia

  • Of Ukrainian descent
  • Born in Winnipeg, moved to Toronto in 1984
  • Long-time employee at CBC
  • First horror novel longlisted for the Giller Prize