Roy MacGregor is the acclaimed and bestselling author of Home Team Fathers, Sons and Hockey (shortlisted for the Governor General's Literary Award); A Life in the Bush (winner of the U.S. Rutstrum Award for Best Wilderness Book and the CAA Award for Biography); and Canadians A Portrait of a Country and Its People, as well as two novels, Canoe Lake and The Last Season, and the popular Screech Owls mystery series for young readers. A regular columnist at The Globe and Mail since 2002, MacGregor's journalism has garnered four National Magazine Awards and eight National Newspaper Award nominations. He is an Officer of the Order of Canada, and was described in the citation as one of Canada's most gifted storytellers. He grew up in Huntsville, Ontario, and has kept returning to the Tom Thomson mystery all his writing life. He lives in Kanata.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
A Globe and Mail Best Book
"Roy MacGregor, one of Canada's top authors, unravels much of
what is arguably the greatest Canadian mystery of all time in his
latest book. . . . MacGregor has woven a convincing
story."
--Toronto Star "Part history, part true-crime investigation
and part memoir, Northern Light is both scrupulously
even-handed and deeply personal. . . . [MacGregor] has crafted a
beautifully realized picture of a time and place." --Winnipeg
Free Press "It would be a shame to give too much detail from
Northern Light because it is an intriguing, well-crafted
piece of work blessed with all the natural elements of a great
story: Fame, murder, lost love, shame, money, government deception
and a drama played out against one of our country's most
magnificent natural backdrops. What more could a reader ask
for?"
--Ottawa Citizen
"What happened to painter Tom Thomson is the greatest Canadian
story never fully told. But now, thanks to Roy MacGregor, it has
been."
--David M. Shribman, The Globe and Mail (Best Book)
"The author does a masterful job of navigating through this thicket
of possibilities, and comes to a conclusion that seems virtually
unassailable." --Maclean's
One of Canada's top authors. . . . MacGregor has woven a convincing
story. --Toronto Star Part history, part true-crime
investigation and part memoir, Northern Light is both scrupulously
even-handed and deeply personal. . . . [MacGregor] has crafted a
beautifully realized picture of a time and place. --Winnipeg
Free Press
It's hard to even imagine anyone today who is writing
more lyrically about Canada than Roy MacGregor. --Toronto
Star
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