Perry Chafe is a Canadian television writer, showrunner, producer and author. He is a co-founder and partner in Take the Shot Productions. Perry was the co-creator, showrunner, and head writer for the TV series Republic of Doyle (2010-2014), which ran for six seasons on the CBC, and an executive producer and writer for the Netflix/Discovery series Frontier (2016-2018), starring Jason Momoa. In addition, he was an executive producer and writer for Caught (2018), a CBC limited series based on Lisa Moore's award-winning novel of the same name. In 2022, Perry became a writer and Co-Executive producer on the hugely successful CBC series Son of a Critch. On May 23rd, 2023, Perry will be releasing his much-anticipated debut novel, Closer By Sea, through Simon and Schuster Canada.