As a screenwriter and story editor, Alex Pugsley has worked on over 185 produced episodes of television, writing for performers such as Lauren Ash, Scott Thompson, Jenn Whalen, Ennis Esmer, Mark McKinney, Dan Aykroyd, and Michael Cera, and for such series as Hudson & Rex, The Eleventh Hour, Life with Derek, Baxter, Heartland, G-Spot, I Was a Sixth Grade Alien, and The Gavin Crawford Show. His feature film Dirty Singles won for him the Irving Avrich Emerging Filmmaker Award at TIFF. Following the publication of his debut novel, Aubrey McKee, he was named one of CBC’s 2020 Writers to Watch. His first story collection, Shimmer, was nominated for the 2023 ReLit Award for Short Fiction. His new novel, The Education of Aubrey McKee, has just been longlisted for the City of Toronto Book Awards.