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Ross Murray

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in Antigonish, NS, Canada

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Humor and Comedy, Fiction

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Ross Murray grew up in Antigonish, NS but has lived on the Canada-U.S. border in Stanstead, Quebec for over 30 years. For 11 of those years, he was editor/publisher of the weekly Stanstead Journal. He went on to write an award-winning humour column for The Sherbrooke Record and also recorded a bi-weekly radio piece for “Breakaway” on CBC’s Quebec Community Network. He has published three collections of his humour and a novel, A Hole in the Ground (2016). Also a playwright, Ross directed his original comedy All Together Now for Borderline Players in 2019 and Bride of Memphre in 2023. His work has also appeared at McSweeneys, Points in Case, Font Magazine, Havehashad and elsewhere.

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	You're Not Going to Eat That, Are You? 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Don't Everyone Jump at Once it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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