Steven Edwin Laffoley

Born near Boston, Massachusetts, Steven Edwin Laffoley has worked as a bookstore manager, a curriculum writer, a university professor, a school principal, and a dues-paying member of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters delivering beer in south Boston. A compulsive freelance writer, columnist, and broadcaster, Steven has written dozens of articles and essays for online magazines and newspapers, as well as for CBC Radio. He lives with his wife and daughter in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Books for Pottersfield Press

The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea Steven Laffoley Nonfiction: Nova Scotia, History, Crime, Ships $19.95 192 pages 6" x 9" paperback ISBN 978-1-897426-27-2 Another cold-case murder investigation by writer Steven Laffoley, as he travels the tough streets of Halifax to the courtrooms of Boston in search of a killer. Along the way, he explores the world of 1896 and discovers that nothing in this case is what it first seems. In turns fascinating, frightening, and funny, The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea is an intriguing true tale of murder, mystery, and madness. Order this book from: Nimbus Publishing (or 1-800-Nimbus9) or Chapters or Pottersfield Press mail order.

Death Ship of Halifax Harbour Steven Edwin Laffoley Nonfiction: Nova Scotia History, Medicine $19.95 192 pages 6" x 9" paperback ISBN: 978-1-897426-09-8. Order this book from: Nimbus Publishing (or 1-800-Nimbus9) or Amazon or Chapters or Pottersfield Press mail order. As he investigates the rich history of McNab's Island and searches for clues to the many dark cholera-ship tales, Steven Laffoley confronts the nature of fear and the fear of nature, including fetid marshes, abandoned buildings, a berry-mad bear, a love-starved beaver, a gaggle of naked maidens, and two drunken revolutionaries just looking for some fun. Death Ship of Halifax Harbour is a fascinating and engaging tale of fate, fear and hope.

Hunting Halifax: In Search of History, Mystery and Murder Steven Edwin Laffoley Nonfiction: Nova Scotia History, Mystery, Murder 192 pages $19.95 6 x 9 paperback ISBN 978-1-895900-93-4 (Available in September 2007) Order this book from: Nimbus Publishing (or 1-800-Nimbus9) or Amazon or Chapters or Pottersfield Press mail order. In the early hours of September 8, 1853, in the shadow of Citadel Hill, the body of a sailor lies slumped against the staircase of a notorious tavern on Barrack Street. Something - or someone - has crushed his skull. The death is said to be an accident - a fall from a window - until two tavern prostitutes tell a very different story to Nova Scotia's famous son, Joseph Howe. They claim it was wilful murder.

Mr. Bush, Angus, and Me: Notes of an American-Canadian in the Age of Unreason Steven Edwin Laffoley Nonfiction: Politics, Contemporary History 160 pages $16.95 ISBN-10 1-895900-75-1 ISBN-13 978-1-895900-75-0 Order this book from: Nimbus Publishing (or 1-800-Nimbus9) or Amazon or Chapters or Pottersfield Press mail order. Six months after the attacks of September 11, 2001, Steven Laffoley stood at the edge of Ground Zero in New York City. Having emigrated from America 20 years earlier, he had travelled to New York in an effort to find meaning in the terrible event. However, rather than finding meaning at Ground Zero, Steven found the absence of meaning. And in the months to follow he watched as the American government created its own meaning for the event and used it to usher in a new age - The Age of Unreason.

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