Jon Tattrie

Jon Tattrie is a journalist and writer based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He freelances for the Chronicle-Herald and Metro. Over several itinerant years, he worked in a shelter for homeless men in Ireland, as a shrine-cleaner in Buddhist monasteries in England and as a vegetarian cook on the Isle of Iona. His first journalistic job was on the Edinburgh Evening News, followed by a stint on Scotland's national newspaper, The Scotsman. His first published work of fiction was an adventure mystery called Midsummer Murder, which appeared in the Halifax Daily News.

Books for Pottersfield Press

Black Snow: A Story of Love and Destruction Jon Tattrie Fiction 192 pages $19.95 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" Paperback ISBN-13: 978-1-897426-05-0 ISBN-10: 1-897426-05-4 Available in April 2009 Order this book: [from Pottersfield Press] [from Amazon] [from Chapters] Black Snow is a love story set during the Halifax Explosion. The 1917 disaster was the largest man-made blast the world had ever known, and it cut Halifax off from the rest of the world for the darkest 36 hours in its history. Rich in fact and shocking images, the story sets a blistering pace following one man's search through a ruined city for the love of his life as he confronts the wreckage of his past.

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