Alan Roderick Haig-Brown (born 1941) is a Canadian

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writer. He specializes in commercial marine and commercial fishing writing and photography. He is a regular contributor to a number of marine publications including Professional Mariner magazine where many of his articles are archived. He lives in

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. He is the second youngest of four children to Canadian writer Roderick Haig-Brown, who taught him how to hunt and fish, and librarian Ann Elmore Haig-Brown. He grew up in Campbell River, BC. He is the father of film maker Helen Haig-Brown and grandfather to four grandchildren.

Bibliography

*''The Suzie A'' (1991) *''Fishing for a Living'' (1993) *''Hell No, We Won't Go: Vietnam Draft Resisters in Canada'' (1996) *''The Fraser River'' (1996

*''Still Fishin'' (2010)

*''The Teak Box'' (2012

*(co-author) ''Raincoast Chronicles: Fifth Five'' (202

*''Raincoast Chronicles 25 : m̓am̓aɫa Goes Fishing'' (202

References

External links

Author's websiteAuthors websiteABC BookworldProfessional Mariner Magazine
1941 births Living people Canadian male novelists {{Canada-writer-stub