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Chris Turner (born July 25, 1973) is an award winning Canadian journalist and author. ==Biography== Turner was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, where his father, a fighter pilot, was stationed with the Canadian military. As a military brat, he lived in the Canadian North, the American Midwest and Germany. He graduated from Queen's University, in Kingston, Ontario in 1996 with an honours Bachelor of Arts in History. He also holds a journalism degree from Ryerson University, Toronto (1998). While at Ryerson, he completed an editorial internship at ''Shift Magazine''.〔 Following graduation from Ryerson, Turner reported on culture and technology for ''Shift Magazine'' from 1998 to 2003. His writing has also appeared in, ''The Walrus'', ''The New Yorker'', ''The Globe & Mail'', ''The Independent,'' ''The Sunday Times,'' ''Time Magazine,'' ''The Guardian,'' ''Utne Reader,'' ''Adbusters'' and ''The South China Morning Post''. His latest work is ''How To Breathe Underwater'' (2014), a collection of his award-winning magazine writing from the last 15 years. He is currently working on a new book for Simon & Schuster with a working title of ''The Patch'', which will be an analysis of the importance and history of the oilsands.〔 Turner was the recipient of a Fleck Fellowship at the Banff Centre in 2010. In 2009 he co-founded CivicCamp in Calgary. He was featured speaker for the Deakin Innovation Lectures in Melbourne, Australia in 2008. He has given keynote addresses or lectures at thirteen university campuses, four literary festivals and approximately thirty major professional and industrial conferences nationwide. In 2013 Turner was the writer-in-residence at Berton House in Dawson City, Yukon.〔 Turner lives in Calgary, Alberta, with his wife, the photographer Ashley Bristowe, and their children, Sloane and Alexander. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chris Turner (author)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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