Joel Thomas Hynes

Joel Thomas Hynes (born September 29, 1976) is a Canadian writer, actor, and director known for his dark characters and vision of modern underground Canada. He gained recognition for his 2017 novel We'll All Be Burnt in Our Beds Some Night, which won the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction and the Winterset Award. Hynes has also released two albums, JTH Live at the LSPU Hall and Dead Man's Melody, a concept album that follows a doomed relationship ending in murder and mayhem. His debut novel Down to the Dirt received critical acclaim and was adapted into a film of the same name.