Harley Rustad

Harley Rustad is a Canadian journalist, magazine editor, and author of Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas[1] and Big Lonely Doug: The Story of One of Canada’s Last Great Trees.[2]

Harley Rustad
Born1985
NationalityCanadian
Websitehttps://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.[2] He lives in Toronto, Ontario.

Journalism career

Rustad has been an editor and writer at The Walrus, a Canadian general interest magazine, since 2014.[3] His writing has appeared in publications including Outside, The Walrus, The Globe and Mail, Geographical, The Guardian, and CNN. He is a faculty editor at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity’s Mountain and Wilderness Writing Residency.[4]

Big Lonely Doug

His first book, Big Lonely Doug: The Story of One of Canada’s Last Great Trees,[2] 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,[1][9] was published in 2022 and investigates the 2016 disappearance of Justin Alexander Shetler in the Parvati Valley, India. It was nominated for a 2022 Banff Mountain Book Award[10] and a Crime Writers of Canada Award,[11] was a Canadian bestseller,[12] and appeared on the cover of the February 13, 2022, New York Times Book Review.[1]

Awards and honors

Bibliography
  • Big Lonely Doug: The Story of One of Canada’s Last Great Trees. House of Anansi Press. 2018. ISBN 978-1487003111
  • Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas. Harper. 2022. ISBN 978-0062965967

References
  1. Paterniti, Michael (January 21, 2022). "Seeking Enlightenment, He Disappeared Into a Hiker's Bermuda Triangle". New York Times.
  2. Lederman, Marsha (August 21, 2018). "Meet Doug: B.C.'s biggest celebri-tree". Globe and Mail.
  3. Medley, Mark (May 19, 2017). "In wake of cultural appropriation debate, who will take helm of The Walrus?". Globe and Mail.
  4. "Mountain and Wilderness Writing". www.banffcentre.ca.
  5. Rustad, Harley (September 19, 2016). "Big Lonely Doug". The Walrus.
  6. "Books about masculinity, energy projects among Shaughnessy Cohen Prize finalists". Globe and Mail. April 3, 2019.
  7. "BC Yukon Book Prizes Winners and Finalists". BC Yukon Book Prizes.
  8. "Banff Mountain Book Competition Announces 2018 Finalists". Rock and Ice. September 10, 2018.
  9. LOST IN THE VALLEY OF DEATH | Kirkus Reviews.
  10. "Banff Mountain Book Competition Categories Announced Climbing Book Lovers Take Note". Gripped.
  11. "Crime Writers of Canada".
  12. "The bestselling Canadian books for the week of Feb. 6-12, 2022". CBC. February 15, 2022.
  13. "Festiwal Literatury Górskiej". Festiwal Górskiej.
  14. "Religion News Association Awards".
  15. "Crime Writers of Canada".
  16. "Banff Mountain Book Competition Categories Announced Climbing Book Lovers Take Note". Gripped.
  17. "The Globe 100: Our favourite books of 2018". Globe and Mail.
  18. "The best Canadian nonfiction of 2018". CBC.
  19. "Books about masculinity, energy projects among Shaughnessy Cohen Prize finalists". Globe and Mail. April 3, 2019.
  20. "Banff Mountain Book Competition Announces 2018 Finalists". Rock and Ice. September 10, 2018.
  21. "BC Yukon Book Prizes Winners and Finalists". BC Yukon Book Prizes.
  22. "Announcing the winners of the 40th Anniversary National Magazine Awards". National Magazine Awards.
  23. "The Walrus Awards". The Walrus.
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