Brian Brennan (author)

Brian Anthony Brennan (October 4, 1943 - February 21, 2021) was an Irish-Canadian author and historian who specialized in books about the colourful personalities of Western Canada's past.

He spent 25 years as a staff writer with the Calgary Herald writing columns and feature stories.

Before and during the eight-month strike by journalists in 1999 and 2000, Brennan was a member of the union's bargaining committee.

[4] When the strike ended in June 2000 with the dissolution of the union, he left the Herald to devote himself full-time to writing books.

He was the first winner of the Dave Greber Freelance Writers Award,[5] presented in 2004 for his book Romancing the Rockies.