Canadian fiction / The Meeks trilogy
A man invents a better life.
The truth follows him there.
From the Prairies to Toronto, three novels about the stories we tell to survive, and what happens when they stop protecting us.
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Book one
Meeks
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Book two
The
Ranleigh Tapes
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Book three
Echo
Coming late 2027Book one / 2023
A Canadian psychological novel
Ranleigh Meeks believes a better life is waiting for him. He is right. That is where the trouble begins.
Meeks follows one man’s increasingly desperate pursuit of the person he believes he was meant to become. Darkly funny, emotionally raw and deeply unsettling, it asks how much of ourselves we can abandon before there is no one left to come home.
Read the full review (opens in a new tab)“A bold, unsettling, and emotionally resonant novel.”
EuroLit — Editor's Pick, October 2026 (opens in a new tab)
A Canadian confessional novel
Ranleigh Meeks has survived the one thing he cannot forgive himself for. Now he has to say it out loud.
Six months sober, Ranleigh sits across from his sponsor with a tape recorder and a promise to leave nothing out. The Ranleigh Tapes is intimate, darkly funny and devastating, a confession about shame, memory and the courage required to tell the truth.
Cowards don’t do 5th steps.
Read reviews on Goodreads“I had to read plenty of the pages while wiping away tears.”
Kathy Barrett, Goodreads
Toronto / Book two / 2025
Toronto / Book three
Someone is killing the people Toronto has forgotten. Ten years ago, Ranleigh Meeks was one of them.
The final book in the Meeks trilogy
Coming late 2027
Begin with MeeksIn the Press
Book Review: Meeks by Gabriel Tait (opens in a new tab)
A review of Meeks examining addiction, trauma, family relationships and the search for redemption.
Read the review (opens in a new tab)Author Interviews & Features
Author Interview with Gabriel Tait (opens in a new tab)
An author interview with Indie Publishing Group.
Read Interview (opens in a new tab)Interview with Gabriel Tait, Author of Meeks (opens in a new tab)
An author interview with The Book Connection.
Read Interview (opens in a new tab)The Fall & Rise of Ranleigh Meeks: An Interview with Gabriel Tait (opens in a new tab)
An author interview with Bow Street Society.
Read Interview (opens in a new tab)South Branch Scribbler | The Story Behind the Story (opens in a new tab)
I joined Allan Hudson at South Branch Scribbler to share the story behind Meeks, from an idea I carried for thirty years to finally writing my first novel at fifty. We also talked about the writing process, recovery and the experiences that shaped Ranleigh's story.
Read Feature (opens in a new tab)Brindle Books | Author Interview (opens in a new tab)
An interview about my late start in fiction, writing process, literary influences and the Meeks trilogy.
Read Interview (opens in a new tab)The Meeks Series by Gabriel Tait (opens in a new tab)
An author interview about the Meeks series, with an excerpt from Meeks.
Read Interview (opens in a new tab)Interview with Author Gabriel Tait (opens in a new tab)
An author interview about writing and the Meeks series.
Read Interview (opens in a new tab)ThreeTwoOne: Quickfire Questions with Gabriel Tait (opens in a new tab)
An author Q&A about The Ranleigh Tapes.
Read Interview (opens in a new tab)Writing Through Recovery: Gabriel Tait Discusses His Journey and the Meeks Trilogy (opens in a new tab)
An interview about writing, personal experience and the Meeks trilogy.
Read Interview (opens in a new tab)Reader mail / Press / Publishing
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