at St. Thomas University in New Brunswick. Works Non-fiction Justice denied: The law versus Donald Marshall (1986), Macmillan of Canada, Unholy Orders: Tragedy at Mount Cashel (1990), Viking Adult, Rare Ambition : The Crosbies of Newfoundland (1993), Penguin, The Prodigal Husband: the Tragedy of Helmuth and Hanna Buxbaum (1994), McClelland & Stewart, The Judas Kiss: The Undercover Life of Patrick Kelly (1996), McClelland & Stewart, Con Game: The Truth About Canada's Prisons (2002), McClelland & Stewart, Party of One: Stephen Harper And Canada's Radical Makeover (2014), Viking, Movies Unholy Orders (based on the book) Vanishing Point (based on Lament for an Ocean: The Collapse of the Atlantic Cod Fishery) Murder, Most Likely (based on The Judas Kiss: The Undercover Life of Patrick Kelly (1999) Awards and honours Awards Unholy Orders: the Tragedy at Mount Cashel received the Foundation for the Advancement of Canadian Letters' Book of the Year award. "Unheard Cries: The Burial of Sexual Abuse at Mt. Cashel Orphanage" in The Sunday Express won a 1990 Centre for Investigative Journalism Award. Rare Ambition: the Crosbies of Newfoundland was the 1994 winner of the TORGI Talking Book of the Year, the Foundation for The Advancement of Canadian Letters Book of the Year Award The Prodigal Husband: the Tragedy of Helmuth and Hanna Buxbaum won the 1995 Arthur Ellis Awards / Prix Arthur Ellis prize for the best true crime book in Canada Lament for an Ocean: The Collapse of the Atlantic Cod Fishery was short listed for the Donner Prize in 1998 Forest For Christmas won the 2014 Amazon.ca First Novel Award Honours Michael Harris was awarded a Doctor of Laws by the Memorial University of Newfoundland for his "unceasing pursuit of justice for the less fortunate among us." He was the visiting Irving Chair in Journalism at St. Thomas University in New Brunswick. References External links Canadian male novelists Canadian talk radio hosts Canadian people of English descent Writers from Toronto Writers from Ottawa Living people York University alumni People from Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia 1948 births Centre for Investigative Journalism Award winners Members of the Order of Canada