David Eddie

David Eddie is a Canadian writer, best known as a humorous advice columnist for The Globe and Mail.^[1]

David Eddie
Nationality	Canadian
Occupation(s)	novelist, humorist
Years active	1990s–present
Notable work	Chump Change, Damage Control, The Yard

His debut novel Chump Change was published in 1996,^[2] and was a shortlisted nominee for the Stephen Leacock Award^[3] and the Toronto Book Award^[4] in 1997. His second book, the non-fiction memoir Housebroken: Confessions of a Stay-at-Home Dad, was published in 1999,^[5] and was a shortlisted finalist for the Stephen Leacock Award in 2000.^[6]

In 2003, he began writing a regular column for the Canadian men's magazine Toro.^[7] He later joined The Globe and Mail, for which he writes the weekly column "Damage Control".^[1] He has also written for publications including Canadian Living, Chatelaine, the National Post, the Ottawa Citizen and Maclean's.

His third book, Damage Control, was published in 2010.^[1]

He was co-creator with Michael Mabbott of the six-episode television series The Yard, which aired on HBO Canada in 2011.^[8]