Radio host Grant Lawrence’s WHALE TALE, the true story behind one of the most consequential cases in modern environmental history: The Pedder Bay 5; in the height of the orca capture era, five killer whales were taken, among them a white orca, considered one of the rarest ocean mammals ever caught alive, instantly turning the capture into an international spectacle setting off a chain of events that culminated in a mystery still not solved to this day, to Nick Garrison at Penguin Canada, in a very nice deal, by Samantha Haywood at Transatlantic Literary Agency.
BIO:
Grant Lawrence is an award-winning writer, journalist, broadcaster, musician, and live event host. He is the author of the perennial and celebrated bestseller Adventures in Solitude, plus three other bestselling books for adults: The Lonely End of the Rink, Dirty Windshields (2017), and Return to Solitude, which was the highest selling BC book of 2022, and served as the follow up to his first book. Lawrence has also written two children’s picture books: Bailey the Bat and the Tangled Moose (2021), and Adventures in Desolation Sound (2024) an adaptation of his first book.
Grant Lawrence is represented by Samantha Haywood.
Congratulations, Grant!