Russell Wangersky

Russell Wangersky is a Canadian journalist and short story writer. Born in New Haven, Connecticut and raised in Canada since the age of 3, Wangersky was educated at Acadia University. [http://www.coteaubooks.com/biowangersky.html]

He is currently editor-in-chief of "The Telegram" in St. John's, as well as a columnist and magazine writer. [ [http://www.thetelegram.com/index.cfm?cid=271 The Telegram - St. John’s, NL: Columnist - Russell Wangersky ] ] He has been nominated for the National Newspaper Award four times, and has won once, as well as several Canadian awards for creative non-fiction writing. He is also a four-time National Magazine Award finalist. He published his debut short story collection, "The Hour of Bad Decisions", in 2006. The collection was named to the initial longlist for the 2006 Scotiabank Giller Prize. [ [http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2006/09/11/giller-longlist.html CBC.ca Arts - Giller Prize releases list of authors in the running ] ] , and was also a finalist for the Winterset Award, the Commonwealth Writers First Book Prize - Canada and the Caribbean, and the Danuta Gleed Literary Award. His next book, "Burning Down the House: Fighting Fires and Losing Myself" — a non-fiction memoir of his 20 years as a volunteer firefighter — was released in Canada by Thomas Allen Publishers in April, 2008.

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