Christopher Lawrence Menard is a writer of stage, screen, fiction & poetry, actor, producer, director, and singer. He was born and raised in Windsor, Ontario where his love and work with local arts and artists led him to his career as the City of Windsor’s Cultural Development Coordinator where he works to support the efforts of the arts, culture, and heritage communities in Windsor. He is a proud member and supporter of the LGBTQ2S+ community. As a writer, Christopher’s original stage plays, Whatever it Was, The Best Man, The View From Here, and the DRAG Trilogy have been produced and played sold-out runs over the years at Windsor’s KordaZone Theatre. He is an award-winning screenwriter for films that have been featured in several film festivals. Christopher was also the first recipient of the Windsor Endowment for the Arts (WEA) award for Emerging Artist in the performing arts (2010).
His poetry is published in the Windsor Review’s Border Issue of 2015, and the upcoming Community Poetry Anthology from Gertrude’s Writing Room.
In April 2022, Christopher Lawrence Menard’s first collection of poetry entitled at the end, beginnings: A Memoir in Poems will be published by Black Moss Press.
Christopher lives along Lake Erie in Kingsville, Ontario, where he loves spending time exploring the best of Windsor-Essex with his husband, their young son, and their dog Dexter.
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