James FitzGerald (writer)

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James FitzGerald is a Canadian writer, who won the 2010 Writers' Trust Non-Fiction Prize for his book What Disturbs Our Blood: A Son's Quest to Redeem the Past. [1]

The book explores the career and eventual suicide of FitzGerald's grandfather, prominent Canadian physician John G. FitzGerald. [2] He had previously won a National Magazine Award for "Sins of the Fathers", a 2002 article in Toronto Life which was expanded into What Disturbs Our Blood.

FitzGerald previously published Old Boys: The Powerful Legacy of Upper Canada College in 1994.

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References

  1. "Emma Donoghue wins Writers' Trust prize for Room". cbc.ca, November 2, 2010.
  2. Turbulent family history fascinating, maddening by Duncan McMonagle at the Winnipeg Free Press, May 15, 2010, retrieved May 29, 2010