Gregor Craigie has been a journalist for more than 25 years at the BBC World Service, CBC Radio, CBS Radio and Public Radio International. He has hosted On The Island on CBC Radio One in Victoria, BC, since 2007. His first book, On Borrowed Time: North America’s Next Big Quake, was a finalist for both the Balsillie Prize for Public Policy and the City of Victoria Book Prize, and was a Globe and Mail Top 100 book in 2021.
His latest adult nonfiction book is Our Crumbling Foundation: How We Solve Canada’s Housing Crisis, which was published by Random House Canada and became an instant national bestseller. His first novel, Radio Jet Lag, was published in 2023 and was longlisted for this year’s Leacock Medal for Canadian humour writing.