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Jack Batten

Jack Batten practised law in Toronto for four years before turning to a life of writing. He has written for all the major Canadian magazines and is the author of thirty-three books including four crime novels. Five of his nonfiction books dealt with real-life Canadian lawyers, judges, and court cases; a biography of John Robinette was among these books. Batten's books have also dealt with sports, Canadian history, and biography. He has reviewed jazz for The Globe and Mail, movies for CBC radio, and still writes a column on crime fiction for the Toronto Star. His biography of Tom Longboat won the $10,000 Norma Fleck Award for best children's nonfiction in 2002, and the book is being made into a feature film. His most recent book is The Annex: The Story of a Toronto Neighbourhood, published in 2004.

Books by Jack Batten

True Cases Box Set, Volume 2

Four books by lawyers and judges about criminal law, Indigenous law, and passion for reform

by (author) Jack Batten, John Hill & Nancy Morrison
edited by Lorene Shyba & Raymond Yakeleya

Ross Mackay, The Saga of a Brilliant Criminal Lawyer

And his big losses and bigger wins in court and in life

by (author) Jack Batten

Booking In

A Crang Mystery

by (author) Jack Batten

Crang Mysteries 6-Book Bundle

Crang Plays the Ace / Straight No Chaser / Riviera Blues / and 3 more

by (author) Jack Batten

Blood Count

A Crang Mystery

by (author) Jack Batten

Riviera Blues

A Crang Mystery

by (author) Jack Batten

Crang Mysteries 4-Book Bundle

Crang Plays the Ace / Straight No Chaser / Take Five / and 1 more

by (author) Jack Batten

Keeper of the Flame

A Crang Mystery

by (author) Jack Batten

Jack Batten's Crang Mysteries 3-Book Bundle

Crang Plays the Ace / Straight No Chaser / Take Five

by (author) Jack Batten

Take Five

A Crang Mystery

by (author) Jack Batten

Oscar Peterson

The Man and His Jazz

by (author) Jack Batten

Straight No Chaser

A Crang Mystery

by (author) Jack Batten

Crang Plays the Ace

A Crang Mystery

by (author) Jack Batten

Jack Batten Assortment Costco 36-Copy

by (author) Jack Batten

The War to End All Wars

The Story of World War I

by (author) Jack Batten

Learned Friends

A Tribute to Fifty Remarkable Ontario Advocates, 1950–2000

by (author) Jack Batten
foreword by R. Roy McMurtry

The Leafs

by (author) Jack Batten

The Annex

The Story of a Toronto Neighbourhood

by (author) Jack Batten

Hockey Dynasties

Blue Lines And Bloodlines

by (author) Jack Batten, Bob Duff, George W. Johnson & George Johnson

The Man Who Ran Faster Than Everyone

The Story of Tom Longboat

by (author) Jack Batten