Warren Kinsella
Not profound.
Warren Kinsella is a raconteur, bon vivant, and simple County lawyer. He's also an author and consultant.
Born in Montreal in August 1960, Warren has lived all over, but most often regards Calgary as home. Warren has several kids, all of whom know Iggy Pop is God.
In May 2006, Warren set up a firm called the Daisy Consulting Group; his daughter liked the name, and that was good enough for Warren. Previously, he was a special assistant to the Right Honourable Jean Chrétien, and chief of staff in a pile of federal ministries. Peter C. Newman has said: “Warren Kinsella can have an effect on as many Canadians as The New York Times.”
For several years, he taught at the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Law. He went there - as well as Carleton and Harvard. He is presently a national columnist for Postmedia.
Warren has written ten books: one on international terrorism, called Unholy Alliances (Lester, 1992); a national bestseller about organized racism, titled Web of Hate (HarperCollins, 1994, and republished in 1996 and 2001); a best-selling novel, Party Favours (HarperCollins, 1997); a book about political communications, called Kicking Ass in Canadian Politics (Random House, 2001); and Fury’s Hour: A Sort-of Punk Manifesto (Random House, 2005), about the punk movement. The National Post called Fury’s Hour one of the best books of 2005.
His book on strategic communications is called The War Room (Dundurn, 2007). The Toronto Sun called it a “must read.” It has been reprinted many times.
His book predicting Trumpism, Fight The Right, was published in North America in 2012 by Random House. The Hill Times called “one of the best books of the year.”
His novel Recipe For Hate, was published by Dundurn in 2017. Quill and Quire called it “a suspenseful page-turner.” Publisher’s Weekly called it “fascinating...a unflinching page-turner.” The Globe and Mail called it “absorbing, jarring and raw.” And Apple iBooks called it one of the best books of the month it was published!
The second book in the X Gang series, New Dark Ages, came out in Fall 2018. The third, Age of Unreason, was published in Fall 2019. Someone wants to make a movie out of the trilogy. Details to come.
Warren is a painter whose work sells across Canada and the USA. He's been in punk bands since forever, and he still plays “music.” He likes dogs better than people.
Most of the time, he can be found with his lovely and brilliant partner E. in Prince Edward County. Come visit.