Perry Chafe

Perry Chafe is a Canadian television showrunner, writer, producer and bestselling novelist.

Perry was the co-creator, showrunner and head writer for the TV series Republic of Doyle, which ran for 6 seasons on the CBC. He was also an executive producer and writer for the Netflix/Discovery series Frontier starring Jason Momoa. In addition, Perry was an executive producer and writer for Caught, a CBC limited series based on Lisa Moore’s award-winning novel of the same name. Perry is currently a writer and producer on the CBC series Son of a Critch, based on the best-selling memoir from Mark Critch. On May 23rd, 2023, Perry released his debut novel Closer By Sea. Published by Simon and Schuster Canada, it became an Instant National Bestseller.