Tony Burgess

Biography

Tony Burgess is a Canadian novelist and screenwriter born on September 7, 1959, in Toronto. He graduated from Applewood Heights Secondary School in 1978, having spent time in a medium security facility, and went on to perform poetry on Toronto's Queen Street West under the name Tony Blue. Burgess is known for his literary horror fiction, blending ultra-violent horror and absurdist humour in works such as "Pontypool Changes Everything" and its film adaptation.