David Eddie is a Canadian writer, best known as a humorous advice columnist for ''

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''."The King of Faux Pas". ''

'', March 20, 2010. His debut novel ''Chump Change'' was published in 1996, and was a shortlisted nominee for the

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"Arthur Black wins award for humour: Radio host, author honoured for book". ''

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'', May 1, 1997. and the

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in 1997. His second book, the non-fiction memoir ''Housebroken: Confessions of a Stay-at-Home Dad'', was published in 1999, and was a shortlisted finalist for the Stephen Leacock Award in 2000."Arthur Black nabs last laugh - again". ''

Kingston Whig-Standard ''The Kingston Whig-Standard'' is a newspaper in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. It is published five days a week, from Tuesday to Saturday. It publishes a mix of community, national and international news and is currently owned by Postmedia. It has ...

'', April 20, 2000. In 2003, he began writing a regular column for the Canadian men's magazine '' Toro''. He later joined ''The Globe and Mail'', for which he writes the weekly column "Damage Control". He has also written for publications including ''

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'', ''

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'', the ''

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'', the ''

'' and ''

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''. His third book, ''Damage Control'', was published in 2010. He was co-creator with

Michael Mabbott Michael Mabbott is a Canadian film and television director and writer. He is best known for his debut feature film as a director, ''The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico'', which won the Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canad ...

of the six-episode television series '' The Yard'', which aired on

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in 2011."‘The Yard’ like kiddie ‘Sopranos’"
''

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'', June 28, 2011.

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