Letters From Johnny: Volume 184 (Essential Prose Series)

Winner of BEST CRIME NOVELLA at The Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence 2022

A charming coming of age story wrapped around a murder, a betrayal and a national crisis.

Eleven-year-old Johnny tries to make sense of a murder, an absent father, and the FLQ Crisis through heart and humour-filled letters to hockey legend Dave Keon.

Dripping with nostalgia and awash with humour, Letters From Johnny is set in 1970's Toronto through the eyes of mischievous Johnny Wong, a lonely boy who tries to stickhandle a neighbourhood of immigrants and draft dodgers. Johnny's world unravels after a murder, a betrayal, and the unexpected emergence of a family member, all this as he tries to make sense of the FLQ crisis. His only solace are letters to a penpal, then to Dave Keon, captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Continue Johnny's journey in Johnny Delivers, the gritty and humorous standalone sequel you won't want to miss.

Wayne Ng was born in Anishinaabe land in what is commonly known as downtown Toronto to Chinese immigrants who fed him a steady diet of bitter melon and kung fu movies. Ng is a social worker who lives to write, travel, eat, and play, preferably all at the same time. He is an award-winning author and traveller who continues to push his boundaries from the Arctic to the Antarctic. He lives in Ottawa with his wife and goldfish.
 
Ng is the author of THE FAMILY CODE, finalist for the Ottawa Book Award and the Guernica Prize; LETTERS FROM JOHNNY, winner of the Crime Writers of Canada Award for Best Crime Novella and finalist for the Ottawa Book Award; and JOHNNY DELIVERS.
 
Connect with Ng on social media and at waynengwrites dot com.