Morley Torgov is a Canadian writer, humourist, and lawyer. His books have been made into CBC mini-series and plays for stage, playing on and off Broadway to critical and popular acclaim in North America. He is the author of A Good Place to Come From, The Abramsky Variations, The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick, St. Farb’s Day, and The War to End All Wars and two mysteries, Murder in A-Major, and The Mastersinger from Minsk. He has twice won the Leacock Medal for Humour.
Torgov received a degree from the University of Toronto, an honorary D. Litt from Laurentian University, and has written numerous articles for the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Montreal Gazette, New York Times Sunday Magazine, and other periodicals. His essays have appeared in Family Portraits and Beyond Imagination. Torgov lives in Toronto where he practises law.
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