Jack Stilborn

Jack lives in Ottawa, Canada. The Tyranny of Good Intentions is his debut novel. Other recent work has received Honorable Mention in the 2024 Alice Munro Short Story Contest and has also appeared in The Maple Tree Literary Supplement (January 2025), The Spadina Review (June 2025) and Blank Spaces (June 2025).

Childhood stories about travelling into a dinosaur's eustachian tube and an inspection of the Saskatchewan educational system by God were followed by a PhD in political thought and a career in policy research for Canada's Parliament. He enjoys reading, writing (but not 'rithmatic), cycling and kayaking, a long-running book club called The Ouroborian Book Society that he co-founded, and family life with partner Linda.