Christopher DiRaddo (born 1974) is a Canadian writer from Montreal, Quebec.[1] He is most noted as the 2024 recipient of the Judy Mappin Community Award from the Quebec Writers' Federation Awards, for his career contributions to the English-language literary community in the province.[2]
A former media relations coordinator for Divers/Cité, Montreal's LGBTQ Pride festival,[3] he published his debut novel The Geography of Pluto in 2014.[4] His second novel, The Family Way, followed in 2021.[5]
He was also the founder of the Violet Hour, a reading series in Montreal for LGBTQ writers, which later expanded into a regular book club to read and discuss both classic and contemporary works of LGBTQ literature.[6] He has also been a regular participant in the city's Blue Metropolis literary festival, including creating the Blue Metropolis Violet Prize.[7]
In 2019, he won a National Magazine Award for his enRoute piece "Austin or Bust".[8]