About David Demchuk David Demchuk is a Canadian playwright and novelist, who received a longlisted Scotiabank Giller Prize nomination in 2017 for his debut novel The Bone Mother. Originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba, he moved to Toronto, Ontario in 1984. Books by David Demchuk Red X A Novel by (author) David Demchuk The Bone Mother by (author) David Demchuk