Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall is a Canadian journalist, best known for his 2004 book "Down to This: Squalor and Splendour in a Big-City Shantytown". The book describes a period in Bishop-Stall's life during which he voluntarily gave up his old life and spent a year living in Toronto's Tent City. A graduate of Concordia University, he has also written for "Saturday Night", "Utne Reader", the "National Post" and "The Globe and Mail". Wikipedia
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He has a degree in English and creative writing. He has had non-fiction pieces published in Utne magazine, the National Post, and the Globe and Mail. www.imdb.com/name/nm2258638/