Brian Tucker (writer)

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Brian Tucker is a Canadian writer, whose debut novel Big White Knuckles was a finalist for the Chapters/Books in Canada First Novel Award [1] and the ReLit Award for Fiction [2] in 2008.

The novel was published in 2007 by Vagrant Press. [3] Originally from New Waterford, Nova Scotia, Tucker was living in Trout Brook, New Brunswick at the time of the novel's publication. [4]

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References

  1. "Finalists for First Novel Award announced". Moose Jaw Times-Herald , June 11, 2008.
  2. "Invisible gets ReLit". The Coast , June 20, 2008.
  3. Stephen Clare, "Book born from a night of storytelling; Writer blames his 'twisted imagination' on a Cape Breton upbringing". Telegraph-Journal , September 15, 2007.
  4. "Miramichi writer shortlisted for award". Miramichi Leader, June 13, 2008.