Greg Kramer is a British-born Canadian author/actor/director/magician. His first novel, The Pursemonger of fugu, published by Riverbank Press [1] in 1995 was shortlisted for the City of Toronto Book Award. Other novels include Couchwarmer (1997) and Wally (2004).
As an actor he appeared regularly on TV’s Forever Knight, John Woo’s Once a Thief and Tales from the Neverending Story, and has been a voice actor in Tripping the Rift, George and Martha and Arthur. In theatres he has worked across Canada, from the Vancouver Playhouse to the National Arts Centre in Ottawa.[2]
Directing credits include Tiger's Heart at the Centaur Theatre, Marat/Sade (Dora nomination, best production), and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Segal Centre for Performing Arts in Montreal, which garnered him a Best Director MECCA award.
He was the magic consultant and coach for Des McAnuff's production of The Tempest at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, featuring Christopher Plummer.[3]
Kramer is openly gay.[4] His short story collection Hogtown Bonbons was originally published by Xtra! in Toronto as a regular column.