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CBC Books | | Posted: June 26, 2018 9:10 PM | Last Updated: August 2, 2021

Image | Jeff Lemire

Caption: Jeff Lemire is an Eisner Award-winning cartoonist. (Jamie Hogge)

Jeff Lemire is a New York Times Bestselling graphic novelist whose work includes Roughneck, Essex County, The Underwater Welder, Royal City and Gord Downie's Secret Path. The Toronto comic creator has also worked on Justice League and Green Arrow for DC Comics and Hawkeye for Marvel. In 2017, he won the Eisner Award, the Oscars of comics, for Black Hammer in the best new series category.
Essex County, an emotional story about a rural community in southwestern Ontario, was defended by Sara Quin on Canada Reads(external link) in 2011. Lemire lives in Toronto.

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Interviews with Jeff Lemire

Media Audio | Canada Reads : "Essex County" author Jeff Lemire interview on Homerun

Caption: Homerun host Sue Smith talks to Canada Reads author Jeff Lemire.

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Media Audio | Day 6 : "Secret Path" illustrator Jeff Lemire helped Gord Downie bring Chanie Wenjak's story to life

Caption: This week, Gord Downie and Jeff Lemire released their graphic novel "Secret Path," based on the life and death of Chanie Wenjack. We speak to Lemire, a celebrated graphic novelist, about how he approached the project.

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