John Lorinc

John Lorinc is a Toronto-based journalist and editor. He writes about cities, climate, and cleantech for a range of publications, including the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Corporate Knights and Spacing, where he is senior editor. John is also th Toronto non-fiction editor for Coach House Books, and has edited or co-edited several uTOpia anthologies, including The Ward, Any Other Way, and House Divided. He is the author of five books, including Dream States: Smart Cities, Technology and the Pursuit of Urban Utopias, which won the 2023 Writer's Trust Balsillie Prize for Public Policy. John's latest book is a family memoir entitled No Jews Live Here (Coach House Books, 2024).