Neal Davis Anderson
Author of the novels Launch and Bettina 

Neal Davis Anderson is an author and clinical psychologist living in Winnipeg, Manitoba. His first novel, Bettina, came out under the name Thomas J. Childs (Signature Editions) and other writing has appeared in Grain, Prairie Fire, Canadian Fiction Magazine, Descant, Rampike, and Zymergy and in the anthology 200% Cracked Wheat (Coteau Books). He studied Philosophy and Chemistry at the University of Winnipeg and completed his MFA in Creative Writing at UBC. He is a past executive editor of Prism International and his feature about the Croatian novelist Dubravka Ugresic  in Border Crossings won a National Magazine Award. The CBC has produced his serial and feature-length drama and he's written documentary and lifestyle pieces for many CBC programs. He is married and has three adult children.