JOHN KRIZANC is a playwright and screenwriter born in Lethbridge, Alberta. His play Tamara became an international sensation, won major theatre awards throughout North America, and was praised by the likes of Steven Spielberg and John Huston. It has been produced in Toronto, Mexico City, New York City, and Lisbon, and is the longest-running play in Los Angeles. His other theatrical works include The Half of It and Prague, which won a Governor General’s Literary Award and a Chalmers Award. He is a founding member of the Necessary Angel Theatre Company and wrote scripts for the television series Due South. He lives in Toronto.