William Weintraub was born in 1926 in Montreal, Quebec. He graduated from McGill University in 1947 then became a reporter at the Montreal Gazette. Weintraub also worked for the National Film Board where he wrote, produced, and/or directed more than 150 documentaries and feature films. He lives in Montreal.

Books by William Weintraub

	1961 Why Rock the Boat? (novel)
	1979 The Underdogs (novel, play)
	1996 City Unique: Montreal Days and Nights in the 1940s and '50s (nonfiction)
	2001 Getting Started: A Memoir of the 1950s (nonfiction)
	2005 Crazy About Lili (novel)
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Awards

• Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour
  • 2006 – Crazy About Lili – Shortlisted

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Added 10 May 2006.
Updated 23 April 2014.