Harley Rustad
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Harley Rustad is a Canadian author, magazine editor, and journalist whose writing has appeared in publications including Outside, The Walrus, The Globe and Mail, Geographical, The Guardian, and CNN.
Harley Rustad | |
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| Born | 1985 |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Website | https://www.harleyrustad.com |
Early Life
Rustad was born on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada, where he spent the first few months of his life in a tent while his parents built their home.[1]
Journalism Career
Rustad has been an editor and writer at The Walrus, a Canadian general interest magazine, since 2014.[2] He is a faculty editor at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity’s Mountain and Wilderness Writing Residency.[3] He is the author of Lost in the Valley of Death[4] and Big Lonely Doug.[1]
Big Lonely Doug
His first book, Big Lonely Doug: The Story of One of Canada’s Last Great Trees,[1] a nonfiction book published in 2018 is about the second-largest Douglas fir in Canada that was a saved by a logger who wrapped green LEAVE TREE ribbon around its trunk, and the fight to protect old-growth forests in British Columbia. The tree, Big Lonely Doug, is growing in the middle of a clear cut near Port Renfrew, British Columbia. The book started as a magazine article in The Walrus.[5] The book was nominated for the 2018 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing,[6] the 2019 Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize,[7] and the 2018 Banff Mountain Book Competition.[8]
Lost in the Valley of Death
His second book, Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas,[4][9] was published in 2022 and investigates the 2016 disappearance of Justin Alexander Shetler in the Parvati Valley, India. It was a Canadian bestseller.[10]
References
- ^ a b c Lederman, Marsha (August 21, 2018). "Meet Doug: B.C.'s biggest celebri-tree". Globe and Mail.
- ^ Medley, Mark (May 19, 2017). "In wake of cultural appropriation debate, who will take helm of The Walrus?". Globe and Mail.
- ^ "Mountain and Wilderness Writing". www.banffcentre.ca.
- ^ a b Paterniti, Michael (January 21, 2022). "Seeking Enlightenment, He Disappeared Into a Hiker's Bermuda Triangle". New York Times.
- ^ Rustad, Harley (September 19, 2016). "Big Lonely Doug". The Walrus.
- ^ "Books about masculinity, energy projects among Shaughnessy Cohen Prize finalists". Globe and Mail. April 3, 2019.
- ^ "BC Yukon Book Prizes Winners and Finalists". BC Yukon Book Prizes.
- ^ "Banff Mountain Book Competition Announces 2018 Finalists". Rock and Ice. September 10, 2018.
- ^ LOST IN THE VALLEY OF DEATH | Kirkus Reviews.
- ^ "The bestselling Canadian books for the week of Feb. 6-12, 2022". CBC. February 15, 2022.