Richard Murray Vaughan (born 1965) is a Canadian poet, novelist and playwright.
Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, Vaughan is a graduate of the creative writing program at the University of New Brunswick. Vaughan currently lives in Toronto. He was playwright-in-residence at Buddies in Bad Times in 1994-95, and has published numerous works, including articles in Utne Reader. He is openly gay.
His most recent work, Bright Eyed, is a memoir of his struggles with insomnia.
The InCorrupt Tables (Wild East/Salamanca Chapbooks, 1992 (reprinted 1995), poetry)William Forrestali's (Muted) Cornucopia (Studio 21 Halifax, 1992, art catalogue)Beyond Bad Times (Snowapple Press, 1993, anthology)Expressions: Writing About Psychiatric Survival (Expressions Press, 1993, anthology)Shout and Speak Out Loud: Atlantic Canadians on Child Sexual Abuse (Wild East, 1993, anthology)Semiotext(e) CANADAS (Semiotext(e) Publications, 1994, anthology)Plush (Coach House Press, 1995, anthology)Symbiosis: The Clinic (Symbiosis Collective, 1995, art catalogue)The Last Word (Insomniac Press, 1995, anthology)a selection of dazzling scarves (ECW Press, 1996, poetry)DISCovering Authors: Canadian Series (Gale Research, 1996, CD Rom)Carnival: A Scream In High Park Reader (Insomniac Press, 1996, anthology)Painted, Tainted, Sainted by Sky Gilbert (PUC Press, 1996, introduction)Blues and True Concussions: 6 New Poets (House of Anansi, 1996, anthology)To Monsieur Desmoulins... (Tortoise Shell and Black, 1997, poetry chapbook)Gay Love Poetry (Robinson Publishing U.K. 1997, anthology)The Ecstatic Moment: The Best of Libido (Dell Books, 1997, anthology)96 Tears (in my jeans) (Broken Jaw Press, 1998, poetry chapbook)A Quilted Heart (Insomniac Press, 1998, novel)Contra/Dictions: Queer Male Fiction (Arsenal Pulp Press, 1998, anthology).Written in the Skin (Insomniac Press, 1998, anthology)Rhubarb-O-Rama! (Blizzard Press, 1998, anthology of plays)Restless Requiem: Catherine Hale's Seductive Altars (Art Centre, University of New Brunswick Press, 1998, art catalogue)Invisible to Predators (ECW Press, 1999, poetry)Camera, Woman (2001, drama)Spells (2003, novel)The Monster Trilogy (2003, drama)Ruined Stars (2004, poetry)Troubled: A Memoir in Poems (2008, poetry)Bright Eyed (2015, memoir) 
