Alex Pugsley

Alex Pugsley (born 1963) is a Canadian writer and filmmaker, most noted for directing the 2014 film Dirty Singles.In 1994 Pugsley and Laura MacDonald wrote and published Kay Darling, an epistolary novel consisting of letters between the title character and her friend Will.As a filmmaker, he directed the short films The Pargonopers (1997), James O'Reilly in Parkdale (1997), and Fidelio (1998). He has since worked principally in television, writing for the television series My Best Friend Is an Alien, Liocracy, The Eleventh Hour, The Gavin Crawford Show, The Jane Show, Baxter, 15/Love, Life with Derek and Hudson & Rex.His solo debut novel, Aubrey McKee, was published in 2020. He followed up with the short story collection Shimmer in 2022.