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Robert Chursinoff was born and raised in the Doukhobor community of southeastern British Columbia. He draws inspiration for The Descendants from his upbringing and his years spent drumming for Grammy-nominated duo Tegan and Sara, Australian pop star Ben Lee, the Be Good Tanyas, Juno-nominated performer Kinnie Starr, the Belle Game and many others. His writing has been published in the literary journal Blank Spaces, the anthology Just Words Volume 4, and online in Vice, Nowhere Magazine, Upworthy and Matador Network. As a scriptwriter, he has worked on dozens of Red Bull Media House documentaries and series. He lives in Vancouver, BC, on the traditional, unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Coast Salish peoples w ...more

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To Sleep in a Sea of Stars (Fractalverse, #1)

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Robert Chursinoff and 6 other people liked Blair Colwell's review of Binge: 60 stories to make your brain feel different: "Wow. I listened to the audiobook cause it had some familiar names from my youth and good reviews. This was .. embarrassing? Maybe Coupland used to be cool but this is a 60 year old man writing gen z who speak in elder millennial slang incorrectly. —n" Read more of this review »
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