Maggie Siggins

Maggie Siggins (1942 – ) is a Canadian journalist and writer. She was a recipient of the 1992 Governor General's Award for Literary Merit for her non-fiction work Revenge of the Land: A Century of Greed, Tragedy and Murder on a Saskatchewan Farm. She was also the recipient of the 1986 Arthur Ellis Award for "Best true crime book" for her work A Canadian Tragedy, about the involvement of former Saskatchewan politician Colin Thatcher in the murder of his wife JoAnn Wilson. She is also noted as the author of a controversial biography of Louis Riel entitled Riel: A Life of Revolution. Both Revenge of the Land and A Canadian Tragedy were adapted as television mini-series by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

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1942 - Canadian - Journalist - Writer - 1992 - Governor General's Award for Literary Merit - 1986 - Arthur Ellis Award - Saskatchewan - Colin Thatcher - JoAnn Wilson - Louis Riel - Television - Mini-series - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

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