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David Hayes, Writer

David has written three nonfiction books: No Easy Answers: The Trial and Conviction of Bruce Curtis (Penguin, 1986), Power and Influence: The Globe and Mail and the News Revolution (Key Porter, 1992) and The Lost Squadron (Hyperion, 1994).

He is currently working on a biography of the late jazz guitarist, Lenny Breau.  David has also ghostwritten international figure skating choreographer Sandra Bezic's autobiography, The Passion to Skate: An Intimate View of Figure Skating (Turner, 1996) and acted as substantive editor for Stephen Lewis' book, Race Against Time: Searching for Hope in AIDS-Ravaged Africa (House of Anansi, 2005).  

His articles, essays and reviews have appeared in major publications, among them Saturday Night, Report On Business, The New York Times Magazine, The Globe and Mail, Reader's Digest, Chatelaine, The Walrus, enRoute, TORO, Toronto Life (he was the magazine's media columnist in the late 1980s), and National Post Business (he served as senior writer from August 2001 until April 2003). He has won seven National Magazine Awards. 

A teacher of journalism since 1987, he was an assistant professor on the faculty of the School of Journalism at Ryerson University from 1995 to 2002. At that time, he returned to full-time writing and now teaches Advanced Magazine Writing in Ryerson's Continuing Education division and gives workshops on feature writing, researching, reporting and interviewing techniques.  

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