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Jon Tattrie

Jon Tattrie is an award-winning author and multi-media journalist who has written about Nova Scotia history for Lonely Planet, Canadian Geographic, Reader’s Digest, The Globe and Mail, CBC.ca, CBC Radio, and many other outlets. He is the author of three books: Cornwallis: The Violent Birth of Halifax, The Hermit of Africville and Black Snow: A Novel of the Halifax Explosion. All are award-winning regional best-sellers.

Follow him @jontattrie or read more at Jontattrie.ca.

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