Jack Batten

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Jack Batten was born in Montreal, Quebec. He graduated from the University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall Law School and practised law from 1959 to 1963, when he left law to become a full-time magazine writer. He has worked for Maclean’s Magazine and the Star Weekly, and written for other magazines including Chatelaine, Rolling Stone, and Toronto Life. He has written radio plays for the CBC and a jazz column for The Globe and Mail. He has written over thirty books on subjects that include biography, crime fiction, law and court cases, and sports. His biography of Tom Longboat won the Norma Fleck Award for best children's nonfiction in 2002. Currently, he writes books and reviews crime novels for The Sunday Star.

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Silent in an Evil Time
Representative edition published 2007
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Learned Friends
Representative edition published 2005
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A Brilliant and Appalling Life
Representative edition published 2005
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The Leafs
Representative edition published 2004
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The Annex
Representative edition published 2004
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Hockey Dynasties
Representative edition published 2002
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Hockey Dynasties
Representative edition published 2002
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The Man Who Ran Faster Than Everyone
Representative edition published 2002
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The Leafs
Representative edition published 1999
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Awards, Honors & Prizes: International and Foreign 1998 (Awards, Honors, and Prizes Volume 2: International and Foreign)
Representative edition published 1997
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Mind Over Murder
Representative edition published 1997
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Hoopla
Representative edition published 1996
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Canada at the Olympics
Representative edition published 1996
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Hoopla
Representative edition published 1996
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The Leafs, an anecdotal history of the Toronto Maple Leafs
Representative edition published 1994
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Rosedale
Representative edition published 1993
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The spirit of the regiment
Representative edition published 1992
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Class of 1975
Representative edition published 1992
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Blood count
Representative edition published 1991
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Riviera Blues
Representative edition published 1990
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Straight No Chaser
Representative edition published 1990
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On trial
Representative edition published 1988
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Judges
Representative edition published 1987
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Everyday Law
Representative edition published 1987
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