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About

ABOUT ME

My name is Christopher DiRaddo. I’m the author of two books: The Family Way (2021) and The Geography of Pluto (2014).

I live in Montreal (Quebec, Canada), where I am also the founder and host of the Violet Hour reading series and book club. I also program LGBTQ literary events in the city, often in collaboration with Fierté Montreal and the Blue Metropolis Montreal International Literary Festival.

This site is a place for me to connect with readers and share my love of queer literature and the creative process. If that’s something you’re interested in, considering signing up for The Violet Letter, my monthly newsletter devoted to LGBTQ lit in Montreal and online (just sign up in the footer at the bottom of the page).

You can also write to me here, or follow me at one of the places below.

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Photo credit: Marlon Kuhnreich

In case you’re looking for a more traditional bio:

Christopher DiRaddo is the author of the novels The Family Way (2021), shortlisted for the F.G Bressani Literary Prize, and The Geography of Pluto (2014). His essays and short stories have appeared in First Person Queer: Who We Are (So Far), Here & Now: An Anthology of Queer Italian-Canadian Writing and The Globe and Mail. He has also written for several publications, including Elle Canada, Xtra magazine and enRoute magazine, for which he won a National Magazine Award. In 2014, he created the Violet Hour Reading Series & Book Club, which has to date provided a platform for more than 300 LGBTQ writers in Canada to connect with new audiences. In 2024, he won the QWF Judy Mappin Community Award, and was named the inaugural writer-in-residence at The Hideout in PEI. He lives in Montreal.