Loghan Paylor is a queer, trans writer whose first novel, The Cure for Drowning, was long-listed for the 2024 Giller Prize, long-listed for Canada Reads 2026, named a Globe and Mail Best Book, and a finalist for the Jim Deva Prize for Writing That Provokes. Their work has also appeared in Room, Prairiefire, and on the long-list for the CBC Nonfiction Prize. A graduate of The Writer’s Studio at Simon Fraser University, they have an MFA in creative writing from the University of British Columbia and divide their time between teaching, writing, and co-owning a game company.
