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Jerome J. Bourgault

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Jerome J Bourgault is an author, actor, and visual artist living in Toronto, Ontario. Educated as an anthropologist with field experience in Kenya, Jerome’s main interests orbit the binary system of science and history. His second novel, Day of Epiphany, won the 2025 Whistler Independent Book Award for fiction. Jerome's debut novel The Perpetual Now has received numerous critical accolades, including the 2021 Best Indie Book Award for Science Fiction, https://bestindiebookaward.com/live/p.... It also made the short list for the Eric Hoffer Awards Grand Prize, was named a finalist for the Eric Hoffer First Horizon Award for best debut novel, and was named a finalist in the Cross-Genre category at both the International Book Awards and the Na ...more

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Here is what the judges for the Whistler Independent Book Awards had to say about Day of Epiphany. My profound gratitude to Darcie Friesen Hossack and Stella Harvey for their support and enthusiasm for my novel!

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Jerome J. Bourgault wrote a new blog post WHISTLER!!! Guess how it went…As you may remember, Day of Epiphany was named a finalist for the Whistler Independent Book Award (WIBA) for fiction back in July. I Read more of this blog post »
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