- Born: 27 JAN 1931 – Montreal, Quebec
- Died: 03 JUL 2001 – Montreal, Quebec
- Achievements:
- Governor-General’s Award for Cocksure in 1969
- Governor-General’s Award for St. Urbain’s Horseman in 1972
- Screenwriters Guild of America Award for Best Comedy for screenplay of The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz in 1974
- Canadian Library Asssociation Book of the Year for Children Award for Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang in 1976
- Ruth Schwartz Children’s Book Award for Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang in 1976
- Mr. Christie’s Book Award for the best English book age 8 to 11 for Jacob Two-Two’s First Spy Case in 1995
- Works:
- The Acrobats (1954)
- Son of a Smaller Hero (1955)
- A Choice of Enemies (1957)
- The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1959)
- The Incomparable Atuk (1963)
- Cocksure (1968)
- Hunting Tigers Under Glass (1968)
- The Street (1969)
- St. Urbain’s Horseman (1971)
- Shovelling Trouble (1972)
- Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang (1975)
- The Great Comic Book Heroes, and Other Essays (1978)
- Joshua Then and Now (1980)
- Home Sweet Home: My Canadian Album (1984)
- Jacob Two-Two and the Dinosaur (1985)
- Solomon Gursky Was Here (1989)
- Oh Canada! Oh Quebec! Requiem for a Divided Country (1992)
- This Year in Jerusalem (1994)
- Jacob Two-Two’s First Spy Case (1995)
- Barney’s Version (1998)
- Belling The Cat (1998)
- Died: 03 JUL 2001 – Montreal, Quebec