Quote of the day
It is impossible for me to estimate how many of my early impressions of the world, correct and the opposite, came to me through newspapers. Homicide, adultery, no-hit pitching, and Balkanism were concepts that, left to my own devices, I would have encountered much later in life.
Brian Francis

Born: 1971 (age 54)
Bio: Brian Francis is a Canadian writer. His 2004 novel Fruit was selected for inclusion in the 2009 edition of Canada Reads, where it was championed by novelist and CBC Radio One personality Jen Sookfong Lee.
Known for:
- Fruit: A Novel about a Boy and His Nipples (2004)
- Natural Order (2011)
- The Trail (2011)
- Merry Axmas (2013)