New ▁Orleans ▁Sain ts ▁players ▁Category : Pe ople ▁from ▁Blue ▁Spr ings , ▁Missouri <0x0A> </s> ▁El an ▁M ast ai ▁is ▁a ▁Canadian ▁screen writer ▁and ▁novel ist . ▁He ▁is ▁best ▁known ▁for ▁The ▁F ▁Word , ▁for ▁which ▁he ▁won ▁the ▁Canadian ▁Screen ▁Award ▁for ▁Best ▁Ada pt ed ▁Screen play ▁at ▁the ▁ 2 nd ▁Canadian ▁Screen ▁Awards ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 4 . ▁ ▁His ▁other ▁screen writing ▁cred its ▁include ▁M VP : ▁Most ▁Vert ical ▁Pr imate ▁and ▁F ury . ▁He ▁has ▁described ▁The ▁F ▁Word ▁as ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁he ▁wrote ▁a ▁screen play ▁in ▁his ▁own ▁voice , ▁rather ▁than ▁to ▁the ▁commercial ▁dem ands ▁of ▁a ▁mass - audi ence ▁film . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁born ▁and ▁raised ▁in ▁V ancouver , ▁British ▁Columbia , ▁to ▁a ▁Canadian ▁mother ▁and ▁an ▁Isra eli ▁imm igr ant ▁father . ▁Both ▁his ▁parents ▁are ▁Jewish , ▁and ▁they ▁met ▁in ▁Jerusalem . ▁He ▁studied ▁film ▁at ▁Queen ' s ▁University ▁and ▁Con cord ia ▁University . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁M ast ai ▁secured ▁a ▁$ 1 . 2 5 ▁million ▁deal ▁for ▁his ▁debut ▁novel , ▁All ▁Our ▁W rong ▁Tod ays . ▁A ▁science ▁fiction ▁novel , ▁the ▁book ▁concerns ▁a ▁man ▁from ▁an ▁alternate ▁history ▁u top ia ▁who , ▁while ▁part ▁of ▁a ▁time ▁travel ▁experiment , ▁causes ▁a ▁dr astic ▁alter ation ▁of ▁his ▁history , ▁and ▁reg ains ▁conscious ness ▁in ▁our