Coupland, Douglas (1961– )

Canadian writer. His Generation X (1991) identified a generation of disillusioned twenty-somethings with little hope for the future. It was followed by Shampoo Planet (1992), Life After God (1994), Microserfs (1995), Polaroids from the Dead (1996), Girlfriend in a Coma (1997), and Hey Nostradamus! (2003).

He was born on a Canadian military base in Germany and grew up in Vancouver, Canada. After studying sculpture at the Emily Carr College of Art and Design in Vancouver, he studied in Milan, Italy, and Sapporo, Japan. He wrote for various newspapers and magazines in Vancouver and Toronto. Later novels include Miss Wyoming (1999), City of Glass (2000), and Eleanor Rigby (2004).