Danny Ramadan is a Syrian-Canadian author and LGBTQ-refugees advocate. His memoir, Crooked Teeth, came out in May 2024 to raving reviews. His latest novel, The Foghorn Echoes won the Lambda Award for Gay Fiction, and was nominated for a BC and Yukon Book Prize and the city of Vancouver Book Award. The Clothesline Swing won the Independent Publisher Book Award, was longlisted for CBC’s Canada Reads, and is translated to multiple languages. His award-winning children’s books The Salma Series received the Nautilus Book Award, The Publishing Triangle Award, the Middle East Book Award, amongst dozens of other nominations and honours. Since his arrival to Canada, Ramadan has raised over $300,000 for LGBTQ+ identifying refugees ensuring safe passage to more than two dozen queer and trans refugees. He graduated with an MFA in Creative Writing from UBC, and received an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from Adler University and the King Charles III Coronation Medal. Ramadan lives in Vancouver with his husband and two dogs. When he is not writing, he is probably playing video games.