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Born January 9, , in Brockville, Ontario, Canada; married; wife is a psychologist.

Education: University of Toronto, B. Home— Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Writer and editor. Broken Pencil magazine, cofounder and editor, , then president of the board of directors and special projects coordinator, c. Hal Niedzviecki is a writer whose books range from social criticism to fiction.

Hal Niedzviecki (born January 9, ) is a Canadian novelist and cultural critic.

In We Want Some Too: Underground Desire and the Reinvention of Mass Culture, the author focuses on pop culture and how a new kind of artist is evolving from the constant onslaught of mass media and pop culture outlets. A This Magazine contributor called the book "a happy response to the rash of ponderous, doom-ridden cultural forecasts.

The book reports largely on Mann's longtime experiment of making himself a type of cyborg by living with and wearing a camera eye and wireless Internet connection that is constantly on. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine contributor Derrick de Kerckhove called Cyborg "important for people who want to break new ground in human understanding, who feel the need to explore their own circumstances with greater acuity.

The Program is a novel about brothers Maury and Cal Stern and Maury's son Danny, who leads a reclusive, detached inner life and eventually becomes a cyborg. Maury is the author of a best-selling book titled Get with the Program that focuses on the power of slogans. Meanwhile, Cal may have something to do with Danny's withdrawal from life due to an episode one night when Cal was babysitting Danny.

Joe Wiebe, writing on Straight. In his book Hello, I'm Special: How Individuality Became the New Conformity, Niedzviecki explores the idea that nonconformity has become the norm, leaving the author to question who is really special and different and whether there is really anyone left to rebel against.