Brian Tucker is a

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writer, whose debut novel ''Big White Knuckles'' was a finalist for the Chapters/Books in Canada First Novel Award and the

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for Fiction in 2008. The novel was published in 2007 by Vagrant Press. Originally from New Waterford,

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, Tucker was living in Trout Brook,

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at the time of the novel's publication."Miramichi writer shortlisted for award". ''Miramichi Leader'', June 13, 2008.

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