WILL FERGUSON
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 fiction, travel, memoir

Will Ferguson is an award-winning author whose work has been sold into more than 20 languages around the world.

happiness

Fiction

(HarperCollins US, Canongate UK, Penguin Canada)

A satirical tale of a self-help book that actually works--and ruins the world.

Nominated for a Commonwealth Award.

Winner of the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humor.

 

hitching rides with buddha

Travel Memoir

 (Random House Canada, Canongate UK)

A journey across Japan by thumb, following the Cherry Blossom Front north.

Published in the UK as Hokkaido Highway Blues.

                                  "Will Ferguson is a very gifted writer."

                                                              --Bill Bryson

Will has hitchhiked the length of Japan, has worked as a professional space-cadet and has walked across Northern Ireland in the rain.

The author of 12 books, ranging from travel adventure to literary fiction, his work has also appeared in the New York Times, Financial Times and Esquire UK.

As the head writer for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics Closing Ceremonies, Will wrote material for William Shatner, Martin Short, Catherine O'Hara and Michael J. Fox.

 

 

 

 

 

 

hustle

Fiction

(Random House UK, Penguin Canada)

A tale of con men and call girls set amid the jazz-hall clubs of the 1930s.

Published by Penguin Canada as Spanish Fly.

Nominated for an IMPAC Dublin Award.

beyond belfast

Travel Memoir

(Penguin Canada)

A 560 mile walk across Northern Ireland on sore feet.

Winner of the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humor.

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