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20 Giles Blunt
Giles Blunt claims his parents are so thoroughly English that the citizenship line in their passports should
read: “British Beyond Belief.” He grew up in North Bay, Ontario, and, as he puts it, “I lived in England at home
and Canada at school.” After finishing school he wrote poems, several of which were published, and a novel that wasn’t. He then decided to write
screenplays. This prompted a move to New York where he remained for 22 years, contributing scripts to several television dramas including Law and
Order and Night Heat.
The author of eight books, Blunt, now living in Toronto, is best known for his series of award-winning crime novels featuring Detective
John Cardinal. The gritty cop stories take place in Algonquin Bay (North Bay thinly disguised) and, like the novels of Louise Penny and Gwendolyn
Southin, are distinctly Canadian. The latest volume in the series is Crime Machine, which the Toronto Star calls
“…nerve wracking to the ultimate degree in chills.” The Globe & Mail asserts that the whole series would make great television.
Photo: Stephen Uhraney
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