Douglas Coupland (born December 30, 1961) is a Canadian novelist. His fiction is complemented by recognized works in design and visual art arising from his early formal training. His first novel, the 1991 international bestseller Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, popularized terms such as McJob and Generation X. He has published twelve novels, a collection of short stories, seven non-fiction books, and a number of dramatic works and...
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Douglas Coupland (born December 30, 1961) is a Canadian novelist. His fiction is complemented by recognized works in design and visual art arising from his early formal training. His first novel, the 1991 international bestseller Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, popularized terms such as McJob and Generation X. He has published twelve novels, a collection of short stories, seven non-fiction books, and a number of dramatic works and screenplays for film and television. A specific feature of Coupland's novels is their synthesis of postmodern religion, Web 2.0 technology, human sexuality, and pop culture.
Coupland currently lives in Vancouver, British Columbia with his partner David Weir. He recently published his twelfth novel Generation A in fall 2009 and an updated release of City of Glass. He is presently working on a selection overlapping projects: a biography of Marshall McLuhan for Penguin's "Extraordinary Canadians" book series, and a new television series,...
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