Ian Weir

After working for several years as a newspaper reporter in Kamloops and Ottawa, Ian Weir completed a BA in English at UBC and an MA in Middle English Language and Literature. He wrote several radio plays for CBC and BBC before establishing himself as a stage playwright. His first full-length play, The Idler, premiered in Vancouver in 1987, winning a Jessie Award for Best New Play. He has since written more than a dozen plays, and has been produced internationally.

For television, Ian served as creator and executive producer of the CBC one-hour drama series Arctic Air. He was writer and executive producer of the acclaimed gangland miniseries Dragon Boys, and creator and executive producer of the long-running teen drama series Edgemont. Otherwise, he has written more than 150 episodes for nearly two dozen series in Canada.  Awards include two Geminis, four Leos and a Writers’ Guild of Canada Screenwriting Award.

His first novel, Daniel O’Thunder, was a finalist for four awards: the 2009 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Book, the Ethel Wilson Award, the Canadian Authors Association Award for Fiction, and the Amazon.ca First Novel Award. His second novel, Will Starling, was longlisted for the 2016 International Dublin Literary Award. His latest is The Death and Life of Strother Purcell, published in September of 2018.

Ian lives in Langley with his wife, Jude, and their daughter Amy. He lives and dies with the BC Lions, roots passionately for the Toronto Maple Leafs.