K. R. Wilson is a Toronto-area writer. His debut novel An Idea About my Dead Uncle won the inaugural Guernica Prize in 2018. His novel Call Me Stan (Guernica, 2021) was long-listed for the 2022 Leacock Medal, and a sequel, Stan On Guard, was published by Guernica in 2026. His work has also appeared in various literary journals and in the flash fiction anthologies This Will Only Take a Minute (Guernica) and Sticks and Stones (Chicken House Press). He can be found at www.krwilson.ca and on various social media at @krwbooks.