Joe Fiorito

Joe Fiorito
Born	1948 Fort William, Ontario (Thunder Bay)
Occupation	Newspaper columnist
Nationality	Canadian
Period	1996-present
Genre	Essays
Notable works	The Song Beneath the Ice
Notable awards	1996 National Newspaper Award 2003 Toronto Book Award

Joe Fiorito is a Canadian journalist and author,^[1][2] currently a columnist for the Toronto Star.^[3] He is the author of one novel, The Song Beneath the Ice (2003) and a number of non-fiction books.

Early life

Fiorito was born in Fort William, Ontario.^[4]

Career

Before becoming a columnist he worked in a paper mill, surveyed roads, laboured in bush camps, worked in community development and served as a regional consultant for the Ontario Arts Council.

He then worked with a staff of Inuit journalists at CBC Radio in Iqaluit for five years. Following this he wrote, produced and directed CBC Radio's weekly program The Food Show.

He has previously written columns for the Montreal Gazette, the National Post and The Globe and Mail^[5] and reviews for the Literary Review of Canada.^[6]

Awards

• 1996 - National Newspaper Award for Tango on the Main columns
• 2003 - Toronto Book Award for The Song Beneath the Ice

Bibliography

• Tango on the Main (Nuage / Signature Editions, 1996) - collection of essays that originally appeared in the Montreal Gazette between 1994–5.
• Comfort Me with Apples (Nuage / Signature Editions, 1994; updated McClelland & Stewart, 2000) - a memoir-cum-recipe book.
• The Closer We Are to Dying (McClelland & Stewart, 1999) - a family memoir, which became an international bestseller.^{[7] [8][9]}
• The Song Beneath the Ice (2003), a novel
• Union Station: Love, Madness, Sex and Survival on the Streets of New Toronto (McClelland & Stewart, 2006) - a tribute to his home city, Toronto.

References

1. David J. Casarett, (12 January 2010). Last Acts: Discovering Possibility and Opportunity at the End of Life. Simon and Schuster. pp. 214–. ISBN 978-1-4165-8071-3.
2. "Closer We Are to Dying". Publishers Weekly
3. http://www.thestar.com/authors.fiorito_joe.html
4. Maureen O'Connor (23 August 2011). Life Stories: A Guide to Reading Interests in Memoirs, Autobiographies, and Diaries. ABC-CLIO. pp. 294–. ISBN 978-1-61069-146-8.
5. Union station. 2006. p. Blurb.
6. http://reviewcanada.ca/magazine/contributors/joe-fiorito/
7. Orest Stocco (3 January 2015). The Sum of All Spiritual Paths. Lulu.com. pp. 120–. ISBN 978-1-926442-02-0.
8. The Canadian forum. Canadian Forum,Limited. March 1999. p. 45.
9. F & L Primo. F.L. Primo, Incorporated. 2003. p. 18.