Peter Edwards
Peter Edwards is a Canadian organized crime beat reporter for The Toronto Star and a bestselling author of numerous non-fiction books and one young adult novel. His works have been published in four languages. He is also a producer with Top Left Entertainment and an executive producer for the Citytv series "Bad Blood." Several of his books have been adapted for television and film. Edwards was awarded an eagle feather from the Union of Ontario Indians and a gold medal from the Centre for Human Rights. His book "Delusion" (published in Europe as "The Infiltrator") is on the CIA's recommended reading list for staff and agents. He spent his childhood in Lytton, British Columbia, a town that was devastated by fire in 2021.
Awards
['Eagle feather from the Union of Ontario Indians', 'Gold medal from the Centre for Human Rights', 'National Newspaper Award (team)', 'Honourable mention in sports-writing (series)', "Amnesty International's Orillia chapter award", 'Saskatchewan Reporters Association award', 'Ontario Reporters Association award']
Notable Works
["Business or Blood: Mafia Boss Vito Rizzuto's Last War", 'The Wolfpack: The Millennial Mobsters Who Brought Chaos and the Cartels to the Canadian Underworld', "Hard Road: Bernie Guindon and the Reign of the Satan's Choice Motorcycle Club", "Unrepentant: The Strange and (Sometimes) Terrible Life of Lorne Campbell, Satan's Choice and Hells Angels Biker", 'The Encyclopedia of Canadian Organized Crime', 'One Dead Indian: The Premier, the Police and the Ipperwash Crisis', "The Biker's Brother", 'Lytton: Climate Change, Colonialism and Life Before the Fire']
