Author, journalist, and broadcaster, Alan Hustak was born in Saskatchewan and educated by Jesuits. He moved to Montreal in 1967 and worked for the CBC before being named CTV Quebec bureau chief. He was briefly stationed in Alberta, where he wrote a biography of the then-premier, Peter Lougheed. He is also the author of _St. Patrick’s, The Biography of a Basilica_, which was nominated for the Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction in 1998. His book _The Murder of Mary Gallagher, The True Story of the Ghost of Griffintown_, published in 2005, has been optioned for a movie. His other book published that year, _Sir William Hingston, 1829-1907: Montreal Mayor, Surgeon and Banker_, was a finalist for the 2005 Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction.
Alan Hustak
About the Author
Books written by Alan Hustak
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Ghost of Griffintown: The True Story of the Murder of Mary Gallagher
by Alan Hustak
Published in 2005
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Saint Patrick’s of Montreal: The Biography of a Basilica
by Alan Hustak
Published in 1998
- Finalist — The Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction in 1998
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Sir William Hingston 1829-1907: Montreal Mayor, Surgeon and Banker
by Alan Hustak
Published in 2005
- Finalist — The Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction in 2005
