Harley Rustad

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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 (age 40–41)
Websitehttps://www.harleyrustad.com

Early life

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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

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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] He was awarded Editor Grand Prix at the 2024 National Magazine Awards: "Harley Rustad’s commitment to tackling in-depth investigations and features stands out. Rustad's contributions to The Walrus have reinforced its position as one of Canada's leading homes for thoughtful, impactful journalism."[5]

Big Lonely Doug

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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.[6] The book was nominated for the 2018 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing,[7] the 2019 Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize,[8] and the 2018 Banff Mountain Book Competition.[9]

Lost in the Valley of Death

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His second book, Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas,[1][10] 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[11] and a Crime Writers of Canada Award,[12] was a Canadian bestseller,[13] and appeared on the cover of the February 13, 2022, New York Times Book Review.[1] Lost in the Valley of Death won two awards at the 2023 Poland Mountain Book Awards[14] and a 2023 US Religion News Association Award.[15]

Port Renfrew Writers Retreat

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In 2019, Rustad founded the Port Renfrew Writers Retreat on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, a non-fiction writers retreat focused on nature writing.[16]

Awards and honors

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  • 2023 Mountain Literature Awards, Poland (winner non-fiction category and winner Grand Prix) for Lost in the Valley of Death, Polish translation[17]
  • 2023 Religion News Association Award (winner) for Lost in the Valley of Death[18]
  • 2023 Crime Writers of Canada Award (finalist) for Lost in the Valley of Death[19]
  • 2022 Banff Mountain Book Award (finalist) for Lost in the Valley of Death[20]
  • 2022 CBC Best Canadian Non-fiction Books of the Year for Lost in the Valley of Death[21]
  • 2018 Globe and Mail Best Books of the Year for Big Lonely Doug[22]
  • 2018 CBC Best Canadian Non-fiction Books of the Year for Big Lonely Doug[23]
  • 2018 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing (finalist) for Big Lonely Doug[24]
  • 2018 Banff Mountain Book Award (finalist) for Big Lonely Doug[25]
  • 2019 Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize (finalist) for Big Lonely Doug[26]
  • 2016 National Magazine Award (silver) "Big Lonely Doug" published in The Walrus.[27]
  • 2015 National Magazine Award (honourable mention) for "Where the Streets Have No Names" published in The Walrus[28]

Bibliography

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  • 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

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