Harrison Mooney is a Canadian journalist and writer, who won the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize for non-fiction in 2023 for his memoir Invisible Boy: A Memoir of Self-Discovery.[1]
A journalist for the Vancouver Sun, Mooney wrote the book about his experiences growing up as a Black Canadian in an adoptive white Christian family, and subsequently meeting and reconnecting with his birth mother in his early 20s.[2]
The book was also shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction at the 2023 Governor General's Awards.[3]
References
edit- ^ Bridget Raymundo, "Erica McKeen, Harrison Mooney and K.S. Covert win $10K Kobo Emerging Writer Prizes". CBC Books, June 28, 2023.
- ^ Jackie Wong, "Dismantling White Supremacy with Harrison Mooney". The Tyee, September 20, 2022.
- ^ "Suzette Mayr, Iain Reid among finalists for Governor General's Literary Awards". Burnaby Now, October 25, 2023.