Mafiaboy book nominated for Arthur Ellis Award

Well, this has been a rewarding week. On Tuesday, for the second year in a row, I was nominated for a National Magazine Award. Then, yesterday, I discovered that my second book is nominated for Canada’s best non-fiction crime book. The CBC has a story about the Crime Writers of Canada’s annual Arthur Ellis Awards:
Crime Writers of Canada, the organizers …

Believe me, it really is an honor just being nominated

I came home from my regular Tuesday night boxing class at Blue Cat to discover that I had been nominated for a National Magazine Award. Yeah, welcome home to me. This being 2009, I found out via Twitter thanks to a message from Kim Pittaway. (She’s nominated for three awards! I’m a total underachiever.) Here’s the full list of nominees.
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