Linda McQuaig | |
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 McQuaig in 2014 | |
| Born | 1951 (age 72–73) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | author, journalist, columnist, author, social critic |
| Spouse | 1 (div. 1994) |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | |
| www | |
Linda Joy McQuaig (born September 1951) is a Canadian journalist, columnist, author and social critic. She worked as a reporter investigating the Patti Starr affair. She wrote books and newspaper columns focusing on corporate influence in economic and social policy, and Jonathan Kay of the National Post newspaper describing her as "Canada's Michael Moore".[1][2][3]
In 2016, her book Shooting the Hippo: Death by Deficit and other Canadian Myths was named by the Literary Review of Canada as one of the 25 most influential Canadian books of the prior 25 years.[4][5]
- ^ Kay, Jonathan (18 September 2004). "Book Review: Linda McQuaig's "It's the Crude, Dude"". National Post. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. p. RB9.
- ^ Lendman, Stephen (2 August 2007). "Linda McQuaig's "It's the Crude, Dude" – Book Review by Stephen Lendman". Atlantic Free Press. Archived from the original on 17 January 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "War, Big Oil and the Fight for the Planet". Penguin Random House Canada. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ^ "The 25 most influential Canadian books of the past 25 years". Literary Review of Canada. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
- ^ "The Literary Review of Canada ranks 25 books for 25 years". Maclean's. Retrieved 11 January 2017.