Joan Finnigan

Joan Helen Finnigan was born in the Pontiac region of Qubec and grew up in Ottawa The daughter of Frank Finnigan an Ottawa Senators hockey legend and Maye Horner Finnigan attended Lisgar Collegiate Carleton University and Queens University She began her career as a teacher and reporter for the Ottawa Journal She went on to publish more than thirty books during her career half of them inspired by her native Ottawa Valley including her groundbreaking bestselling oral histories such as iSome of the Stories I Told You Were Truei iIt Was Warm and Sunny When We Set Outi iLegacies Legends Liesi iTell Me Another Storyi and iTallying the Tales of the OldTimersi She won the a hrefhttpwwwnorthernstarscaawardsarchiveCanadian Film Awarda for Best Screenplay for iThe Best Damn Fiddler From Calabogie to Kaladari her only screenplay She died in 2007 the year that saw publication of her 31st book and 12th book of poetry emLooking For A Turnoutem Some sources state she was born in Ottawa Ontariobrbrbr