Jason Taniguchi is a writer

Writer

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 and actor

Actor

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 from Toronto

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, Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

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. His poems and short fiction appear in the collection Jason Taniguchi's Very Sensible Stories and Poems for Grown-ups from Kelp Queen Press. He has also both written for and appeared in the History Television

History Television

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 series History Bites

History Bites

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. Taniguchi is known for his one-man science fiction

Science fiction

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 parody shows at Ad Astra

Ad Astra (convention)

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, for which he received the 2003 Aurora Award

Aurora Award

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 in the category Fan (Other). Jason is a graduate of the University of Toronto Schools

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 and Trinity College

University of Trinity College

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 in the University of Toronto

University of Toronto

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. He also founded the Serial Diners, a Toronto dining club, in 1989.