Chris Turner is one of Canada’s leading voices on climate solutions and the global energy transition. His latest book is How To Be A Climate Optimist, a survey of the first two decades of progress on solutions to the climate crisis, which was awarded the 2023 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. His previous books on climate, energy and technology include multiple bestsellers and winners of the National Business Book Award, the City of Calgary's W.O. Mitchell Book Prize, and the Writers' Union of Canada's Freedom to Read Award. His essays and features on energy, climate and technology have appeared in The New Yorker, The Guardian, The Globe & Mail, Maclean's, and many other publications, and won 10 National Magazine Awards.

As a speaker and communications strategist, Turner's recent clients have included the Canadian Climate Institute, Natural Resources Canada, TD Bank, ASHRAE, Nexans, Deloitte, the Canadian Institute of Planners, Calgary Economic Development, and Siemens Energy. He was a 2019 media fellow at the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue, a 2013 writer-in-residence at the Berton House in Dawson City, Yukon, and a 2010 Paul D. Fleck Fellow at the Banff Centre. He lives in Calgary with his wife, the author Ashley Bristowe, and their two children.