Russell Wangersky is a

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journalist and award-winning writer of

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. Born in

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, and raised in Canada since the age of three, Wangersky was educated at

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. He has been page editor of ''

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'' in St. John's, as well as a columnist and magazine writer. He has been nominated for the

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four times, and has won once, as well as several Canadian awards for

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 The Giller Prize (sponsored as the Scotiabank Giller Prize), is a literary award given to a Canadian author of a novel or short story collection published in English (including translation) the previous year, after an annual juried competition be ...

, and was also a finalist for the Winterset Award, the Commonwealth Writers First Book Prize - Canada and the Caribbean, and the

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. His book ''

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: 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 March 2008. It was a finalist for the Writers' Trust Non-Fiction Prize, and won

British Columbia's National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction British Columbia's National Award for Canadian Non-fiction was a Canadian literary award.Edna Staebler Award The Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction is an annual literary award recognizing the previous year's best creative nonfiction book with a "Canadian locale and/or significance" that is a Canadian writer's "first or second published book of ...

for

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, the Drummer-General Prize for Non-Fiction and the Rogers Television Newfoundland and Labrador Non-Fiction Prize. His 2011 novel ''The Glass Harmonica'' won the 2011 Winterset Award. His 2012 short story collection ''

Whirl Away ''Whirl Away'' is a book written by award winning Canadian writer Russell Wangersky, first published in March 2012, by Thomas Allen Publishers. In the book, the author compiles a collection of short stories that examine "what happens when people ...

'' was a shortlisted nominee for the 2012 Scotiabank Giller Prize,"Scotiabank Giller Prize short list announced"
''

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'', October 1, 2012. and won the 2013 Thomas Head Raddall Award."Wangersky wins fiction award for ‘Whirl Away’"
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'', September 23, 2013.

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