Deborah Kimmett

Deborah Kimmett is a trailblazer in Canadian comedy. She has been a guest on CBC’s The Debaters for seventeen years and has a regular spot in CBC’s Winnipeg Comedy Festival and Laugh Out Loud. Her last comedy album, Downward Facing Broad, reached number 5 on iTunes. Kimmett is an accomplished author twice nominated for a National Magazine Award for Humour and her play Miracle Mother was shortlisted for the Governor General Award. She is the author of three books: Reality Is Overrated, Outrunning Crazy, and That Which Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Funnier. Kimmett has also been a contributing columnist for More Magazine, Kingston Life, Toronto Life, Canadian Living and the Toronto Star.

Her memoir, Window Shopping for God, was longlisted for the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour, Canada’s award for literary humour, and won Silver in the 27th annual 2024 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards in the Humor category. Kimmett lives in Toronto, ON.