Gail Bowen used murder mystery writing to spark change and put Saskatchewan on the map
Open this photo in gallery:Gail Bowen in her university of Regina office in April, 1999. She was invested with the Saskatchewan Order of Merit, the highest honour in the province, in 2018. Her crime novels have been translated into six languages and widely distributed internationally.Roy Antal/The Canadian PressShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountThere was no mystery to the Regina murder case, but crime novelist Gail Bowen couldn’t shake its grip on her work.
- ▪Open this photo in gallery:Gail Bowen in her university of Regina office in April, 1999.
- ▪She was invested with the Saskatchewan Order of Merit, the highest honour in the province, in 2018.
- ▪Her crime novels have been translated into six languages and widely distributed internationally.Roy Antal/The Canadian PressShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountThere was no mystery to the Regina
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Open this photo in gallery:Gail Bowen in her university of Regina office in April, 1999. She was invested with the Saskatchewan Order of Merit, the highest honour in the province, in 2018. Her crime novels have been translated into six languages and widely distributed internationally.Roy Antal/The Canadian PressShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountThere was no mystery to the Regina murder case, but crime novelist Gail Bowen couldn’t shake its grip on her work. In 1983, JoAnn Wilson was found dead in her garage – blocks away from Ms. Bowen’s home – after her ex-husband Colin Thatcher, then a member of the Saskatchewan provincial legislature, hired people to kill her as she tried to file for divorce. Mr.
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