Born in Québec city, in 1947, Pierre Turgeon tried his luck at becoming an actor, in Hollywood, in 1966, and got his chance as an extra in 7 Women directed by John Ford. But he soon decided that his real vocation was in writing. In 1967, he returned to Montreal, where he started a prolific career as a journalist, novelist, historian, essayist, play...
He is often mistaken for the hockey player Pierre Turgeon. The two being distant cousins, bearing the same name, the confusion is not surprising. This led one Amazon reader to comment one of his books, The First Person, thus: He not only scores but, boy, can he write.
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