Marjorie May "Maggie" Siggins (born 28 May 1942) is a Canadian journalist and writer. She was a recipient of the 1992 Governor General's Award for Literary Merit for her non-fiction work ''Revenge of the Land: A Century of Greed, Tragedy and Murder on a Saskatchewan Farm''. She was also the recipient of the 1986

Arthur Ellis Award The Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence, formerly known as the Arthur Ellis Awards, are a group of Canadian literary awards, presented annually by the Crime Writers of Canada for the best Canadian crime and mystery writing published in t ...

for "Best true crime book" for her work ''A Canadian Tragedy'', about the involvement of former

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politician Colin Thatcher in the murder of his wife JoAnn Wilson. The book was later adapted into the television miniseries '' Love and Hate: The Story of Colin and JoAnn Thatcher''.Diane Smith, "The Thatcher murder: not just a family feud". ''

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'', December 2, 1989. Siggins is also noted as the author of a biography of

Louis Riel Louis Riel (; ; 22 October 1844 – 16 November 1885) was a Canadian politician, a founder of the province of Manitoba, and a political leader of the Métis in Canada, Métis people. He led two resistance movements against the Government of ...

entitled ''Riel: A Life of Revolution''. ''In Her Own time: A Class Reunion Inspires a Cultural History of Women'' and ''Bitter Embrace:White Society's Assault on the Woodland Cree'' are her last two books. Both ''Revenge of the Land'' and ''A Canadian Tragedy'' were adapted as television

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by the

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. She is also the former chair of the

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Literary works

* * * (Published in French under the title ''Riel: une vie de révolution,'' Québec-Amérique, 1997.) * * * (Published in French under the title ''Marie-Anne, La vie extraordinaire de la grand-mère de Louis Riel'', Le Septentrion, 2011.)

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A brief biography and bibliography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Siggins, Maggie 1942 births Living people 20th-century Canadian historians Canadian newspaper journalists Governor General's Award–winning non-fiction writers 21st-century Canadian historians Toronto Metropolitan University alumni Writers from Toronto Canadian women historians Women crime writers Canadian women journalists