TIM COOKis Chief Historian and Director of Research at the Canadian War Museum. His bestselling books have won multiple awards, including three Ottawa Book Awards for Literary Non-Fiction and two C.P. Stacey Awards for the best book in Canadian military history. In 2008 he won the J.W. Dafoe Prize forAt the Sharp Endand again in 2018 forVimy-The Battle and the Legend.Shock Troopswon the 2009 RBC Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction. Cook is a frequent commentator in the media, and a member of the Royal Society of Canada and the Order of Canada.
Longlisted for British Columbia's National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction 2018 Praise for Vimy There is no one better equipped to retell the Vimy story than Cook. --The Chronicle Herald Through this book, Cook...cements himself as the nation's premier military historian. --The Vancouver Sun Praise for At the Sharp End Provides an intimate look at the Canadian men who fought in World War One....An engrossing, moving experience. --The London Free Press Praise for Shock Troops Cook has written what will surely be the definitive history of the Canadian Army in the First World War. --Edmonton Journal Praise for The Madman and the Butcher [A] masterful book. --Maclean's In The Madman and the Butcher, [Cook] tells at least two stories that deserve that overused word epic.. ..An emotive writer....He has a playwright's ear for knowing when to let his subjects speak for themselves. --The Globe and Mail Praise for Vimy There is no one better equipped to retell the Vimy story than Cook. --The Chronicle Herald Through this book, Cook...cements himself as the nation's premier military historian. --The Vancouver Sun Praise for At the Sharp End Provides an intimate look at the Canadian men who fought in World War One....An engrossing, moving experience. --The London Free Press Praise for Shock Troops Cook has written what will surely be the definitive history of the Canadian Army in the First World War. --Edmonton Journal Praise for The Madman and the Butcher [A] masterful book. --Maclean's In The Madman and the Butcher, [Cook] tells at least two stories that deserve that overused word epic.. ..An emotive writer....He has a playwright's ear for knowing when to let his subjects speak for themselves. --The Globe and Mail