Harrison Mooney is a best-selling author and award-winning journalist from the Pacific Northwest. His debut memoir, INVISIBLE BOY, was the winner of the 2023 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize, in addition to being shortlisted for a Governor General’s Literary Award, the Zora Award, and two BC & Yukon Book Prizes.

His hotly-anticipated follow-up memoir, BITTERSWEET, is due from Greystone Books in April 2027. His first picture book, I JUST HAVE TO RACE ALL THESE GHOSTS, is due from Tundra Books in late July.

Harrison’s work has been featured in multiple essay collections, including forthcoming anthologies THE DEEP END and RELATIVE TRUTHS. His writing has appeared in several other publications, including The Guardian, Vancouver Sun, Maclean’s, The Narwhal and The Tyee, where he writes about culture, reports on occasion and hosts the always timely Tyee Podcast.

He lives in East Vancouver with his family.