Jake MacDonald

John Monahan MacDonald (April 6, 1949 After graduation, MacDonald was a carpenter and fishing guide before becoming a full-time writer.

His 1997 young adult novel Juliana and the Medicine Fish was made into a feature film in 2015. In 2019, his first play The Cottage was staged at Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre's John Hirsch Mainstage. Also in 2019, MacDonald won the Winnipeg Arts Council "Making a Mark Award."

MacDonald died on January 30, 2020, after a fall in a home that he was building in Puerto Vallarta. He was 70.

Works Indian River - 1981 The Bridge Out of Town - 1986 Two Tickets to Paradise - 1990 Raised by the River - 1992 Juliana and the Medicine Fish - 1997 The Lake: An Illustrated History of Manitobans' Cottage Country - 2001 Houseboat Chronicles: Notes from a Life in Shield Country - 2002 With the Boys: Field Notes on Being a Guy - 2005 Grizzlyville: Adventures in Bear Country - 2009 Casting Quiet Waters: Reflections on Life and Fishing (edited) - 2014