Chris Turner

CHRIS TURNER is one of Canada's leading writers and speakers on sustainability and the global green economy. His most recent book is How to Breathe Underwater: Field Reports from an Age of Radical Change, a collection of his award-winning essays and feature writing. He is also the author of The War on Science (winner of the Freedom to Read Award) and The Leap, which the Globe & Mail called "one of the most arresting arguments for building a green economy yet in print," as well as the bestsellers The Geography of Hope and Planet Simpson.

Turner's feature writing has earned nine National Magazine Awards. He was a Berton House writer-in-residence in 2013. He lives in Calgary with his wife and two children. He is working on a book about Alberta's oilsands, to be published by Simon & Schuster in 2016.