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A. J. B. Johnston
Andrew John Bayly Johnston is a Canadian historian and writer. He has so far written three novels and fourteen books of history. He has also published over 100 articles on different aspects of the history of Atlantic Canada. Johnston is originally from Truro, Nova Scotia and currently lives in Halifax.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ajbjohnston.com )〕
==Career==
Johnston's ''Endgame 1758'' won a Clio award〔(The Clio Prizes )〕 from the Canadian Historical Association and was short-listed for a Dartmouth Book Award.〔 Johnston is most closely associated with the history of the Fortress of Louisbourg.〔 〕 In recognition of his body of work on that national historic site of Canada, the Government of France made Johnston a chevalier of the Ordre des Palmes académiques.
Johnston had a long career as a historian with Parks Canada, but since 2009 he has also turned to fiction as well as researching and writing several history books as an independent historian. ''Ni'n na L'nu: The Mi'kmaq of Prince Edward Island'' won the "best Atlantic-published" book, the PEI Book Award for non-fiction and a PEI Heritage Award. He has also developed the story-lines and written the scripts for a number of major exhibits in Atlantic Canada.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://writers.ns.ca/members/profile/110 )〕 As for his venture into fiction, he has published three novels so far, ''Thomas, A Secret Life'' (2012), ''The Maze'' (2014) and ''Crossings'' (2015).〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=5 April 2014 )〕 They are inspired by a historical figure, Thomas Pichon (1700–1781). ''Atlantic Books Today'' described Johnston as "a natural to write this story." The review of ''Thomas'' in ''The Antigonish Review'' stated: "This is a fine novel, one that strikes just the right balance between fact and fiction." As for ''The Maze'', Paul W. Bennett writes: "Taking on historical fiction and imaginatively recreating the inner life of one of Canada's most controversial early historical figures would be beyond the reach of most scholars. A. J. B. Johnston ... is more than equal to that challenge." The reviewer in the ''Nashwaak Review'' wrote: “Pichon is as real and developed a character as you will find anywhere … both believable and impressive.”
Johnston has deposited papers from his career as an historian at the Fortress of Louisbourg with the Beaton Institute of the Cape Breton University.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://writers.ns.ca/members/profile/110 )〕
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