When a young man committed the gruesome murder of his grandparents on a seemingly ordinary Saskatchewan farm, Maggie Siggins’s interest was caught. But her attention soon turned to the farm itself—and to the stories of those who had owned it over the years. She found a history of ruthless men obsessed with acquiring more and more land, and hungry to exploit it. A chronicle of these settlers’ lives, Revenge of the Land is no less than a fascinating history of the settlement of the Prairies themselves.

“Maggie Siggins is the author of twelve books including Canadian Tragedy: The Story of JoAnn and Colin Thatcher, which received an Arthur Ellis Award for crime writing and Revenge of the Land, which won a Governor General’s Award for Nonfiction. Riel: A Life of Revolution; In Her Own Time: A Cultural History of Women; and Bitter Embrace: White Society’s Assault on the Woodland Cree all won the City of Regina Best Book Award and were named a Globe and Mail Best Book of the Year. Canadian Tragedy and Revenge of the Land were made into four-hour miniseries broadcast on CBC and American networks.Maggie has also written-produced more than twenty documentaries for her company, Four Square Entertainment, of which she is vice-president, creative. Maggie lives in Toronto with her husband Gerald Sperling and two dogs.

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• Short-listed, Governor General's Literary Award - Nonfiction

WINNER OF THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S AWARD FOR NONFICTION