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The Convict Lover was published in Canada in April 1996 to enthusiastic reviews and immediately became a national bestseller.

It was a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award for Nonfiction and the Arthur Ellis Award for Nonfiction and won a Talking Book of the Year Award. It was named one of the best books of 1996 by The Globe & Mail, Quill & Quire Magazine, Elm Street Magazine, and Maclean’s Magazine.

In 1997, the book was adapted for the stage and workshopped in a production at the Grand Theatre in Kingston, Ontario. In 1998, it premiered in Toronto at Theatre Passe-Muraille, where it played to sell-out audiences. It is currently being developed as a feature film.