Brian Brennan is an award-winning and best-selling Alberta author who specializes in books about the colourful personalities and the social history of Western Canada. Born in Dublin, Ireland, he immigrated to Canada in 1966 and has lived in Calgary since 1974. He spent twenty-five years as a staff writer at the Calgary Herald, writing columns and feature stories, before leaving to devote his time to writing books and giving keynote presentations. He has made frequent appearances as a guest storyteller on CBC Radio's regional program, Daybreak Alberta.
Website: http://www.brianbrennan.ca
PUBLICATIONS:
The Good Steward: The Ernest C. Manning Story. Fifth House/Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2008
Songs of an Irish Poet: The Mary O'Leary Story. Calgary, AB, Bowness Press, 2007
How the West Was Written: The Life & Times of James H. Gray. Calgary, AB: Fifth House Ltd., 2006
Romancing the Rockies: Mountaineers, Missionaries, Marilyn & More. Fifth House, Calgary, 2005
Boondoggles, Bonanzas, and Other Alberta Stories. Calgary, AB: Fifth House, 2003.
Scoundrels and Scallywags: Characters from Alberta’s Past. Calgary, AB: Fifth House, 2002.
Alberta Originals: Stories of Albertans Who Made a Difference. Calgary, AB: Fifth House , 2001.
Máire Bhuí Ní Laoire: A Poet of Her People. Cork, Ireland: The Collins Press, 2000.
Building a Province: 60 Alberta Lives. Calgary, AB: Fifth House, 2000.
AWARDS:
Winner, Inaugural Dave Greber Freelance Writers Award, 2004
Shortlisted, Grant MacEwan Author's Award, 2003.
Nominated, Irish Times Literature Prize, 2001.
Two Western Magazine Awards and the national Hollobon Award for journalistic achievement.
