Rick Duchalski tells stories.
Sometimes they’re picture books about mischievous kids and magic dreidels. Sometimes they’re novels about flawed people trying to do better. Sometimes they’re screenplays where things go very wrong, very fast. But they always start with a question — and usually end with something unexpected.

Rick writes for children, adults, and anyone who’s ever been both at the same time. His picture books blend humor, heart, and Jewish identity in ways that feel familiar to anyone who’s ever tried to do the right thing and ended up swinging from a chandelier. His upmarket fiction leans into messy redemption. His screenplays? Well… let’s just say they don’t always have neat endings.

He’s based in the Greater Toronto Area and is happiest when reading out loud to a room full of kids, losing a weekend in a novel draft, or watching movies that make him shout “Wait, rewind that.”

You can find him doing author visits, revising something for the eighth time, or trying to decide what to name a talking tree with self-esteem issues (note: it ended up being Carl).