Charles Gordon

Charles William Gordon (born 1940) is a Canadian writer and retired journalist, best known as a longtime columnist for the Ottawa Citizen.

Background Born in New York City while his father J. King Gordon was working in publishing there, Gordon grew up in several cities around the world during his father's diplomatic career with the United Nations. Gordon's columns were noted for their wry and sometimes satirical humour. He also wrote the afterword for the New Canadian Library edition of Paul Hiebert's influential humour novel Sarah Binks.

Awards and honours He was a three-time nominee for the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour, garnering nods in 1986 for The Governor General's Bunny Hop, in 1994 for How Not to Be Too Bad and in 2002 for The Grim Pig.

He was granted an honorary doctorate from Brandon University in 1994.

He was appointed as a member of the Order of Canada in 2023. He lives in Ottawa.

Works The Governor General's Bunny Hop (1985, ) At the Cottage: An Affectionate Look at Canada's Summer Obsession (1989, ) How to Be Not Too Bad: A Canadian Guide to Superior Behaviour (1993, ) The Canada Trip (1997, ) The Grim Pig (2001, ) Still at the Cottage: Or the Cabin, the Shack, the Lake, the Beach, or Camp (2006, )