Terry Fallis grew up in Toronto and earned an engineering degree from McMaster University. His first novel, The Best Laid Plans, won the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour and was crowned the 2011 winner of CBC’s Canada Reads. His next two novels, The High Road and Up and Down were finalists for the Leacock Medal, and in 2015, he won the prize a second time, for his fourth book, No Relation. His other novels include Poles Apart, One Brother Shy, Albatross and Operation Angus, and were all national bestsellers. A skilled public speaker, he lives in Toronto with his wife.