About Jonas Friel
Jonas Friel is a senior wealth advisor, a writer, and a lifelong observer of the strange, funny, and quietly human moments that shape a life. For more than three decades, he has worked with families, entrepreneurs, and professionals, helping them navigate financial decisions that are often less about numbers and more about emotion, identity, and the stories people tell themselves.
He has written numerous financial articles for newspapers, industry publications, and investor guides across Canada — always with the same goal: give people clarity, straight talk, and a little less stress around their money.
Jonas writes from the edges of everyday life — the quiet mornings before the world wakes up, the conversations that linger long after they end, the internal tug‑of‑war between who we are and who we think we should be. His fiction blends humour, psychology, and self‑deprecation, often circling around characters who are trying to make sense of themselves while the world keeps insisting they already should.
He is the author of three distinctly different books, each giving the reader insight, connection, and maybe a chuckle or two.
His novel, Why I Am Not Writing a Book, is a playful, introspective exploration of resistance, creativity, and the absurdity of trying to produce something meaningful while life keeps interrupting. It’s equal parts confession, comedy, and emotional truth — a reflection of the way Jonas sees the world: flawed, funny, and worth paying attention to.
His psychological novel, Midnight Mass in Seeksvill (available now), follows an anthropologist who encounters belief, guilt, and oddities in a small town where secrets collide at midnight. It’s unsettling, darkly funny, and quietly human — the kind of story that lingers.
His upcoming series, The Tarbender Chronicles (available October 18), follows Hops, a quirky bartender with a secret who keeps telling his patrons “I am your worst nightmare.” Told across five short, fast-moving books, it’s crime with a wink — funny, twisty, and full of characters you’d happily share a bar stool with.