Carys Cragg Explained

Carys Cragg is a Canadian social worker and writer.^[1] She is most noted for her book Dead Reckoning: How I Came To Meet the Man Who Murdered My Father, which was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction at the 2018 Governor General's Awards.^[2]

Cragg, now a youth outreach worker in Vancouver, British Columbia and an instructor at Douglas College,^[3] grew up in Calgary, Alberta as the daughter of Geoffrey Cragg, a doctor who was killed in 1992 by an armed robber who had broken into their home.^[4] As an adult, she undertook a restorative justice project of corresponding with and eventually meeting the killer, which she documented in the book.

Notes and References

1. https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/reviews/2017/12/22/what-happened-when-carys-cragg-met-the-man-who-killed-her-father.html "What happened when Carys Cragg met the man who killed her father?"
2. https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2018/10/03/miriam-toews-rawi-hage-in-running-for-25000-governor-generals-fiction-prize.html "Miriam Toews, Rawi Hage in running for $25,000 Governor General's fiction prize"
3. https://www.straight.com/arts/998351/carys-craggs-memoir-restorative-justice-dead-reckoning-reveals-how-she-met-her-dads "Carys Cragg's memoir of restorative justice, Dead Reckoning, reveals how she met her dad's killer"
4. https://calgaryherald.com/news/crime/daughter-of-slain-calgary-doctor-at-peace-with-his-killers-release-on-parole "Daughter of slain Calgary doctor at peace with his killer's release on parole"