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Russell Wangersky is a Canadian journalist and short story writer. Born in New Haven, Connecticut and raised in Canada since the age of 3, Wangersky was educated at Acadia University.

He is currently the editorial page editor of The Telegram in St. John's, as well as a columnist and magazine writer. The Telegram - St. John’s, NL: Columnist - Russell Wangersky He has been nominated for the National Newspaper Award four times, and has won once, as well as several Canadian awards for creative non-fiction 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, CBC.ca Arts - Giller Prize releases list of authors in the running and was also a finalist for the Winterset Award, the Commonwealth Writers First Book Prize - Canada and the Caribbean, and the Danuta Gleed Literary Award. His latest book, Burning Down the House: 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 the BC National Prize for Canadian Non-Fiction, the Edna Staebler Award, the Drummer-General Prize for Non-Fiction, and the Rogers Television Newfoundland and Labrador Non-Fiction prize. His next book, the novel The Glass Harmonica, will be released in the spring of 2010.

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