Edward Alexander McCourt (October 10, 1907 – January 6, 1972) was a Canadian writer.
[1] Born in Mullingar, Ireland, McCourt's family emigrated to Kitscoty, Alberta when he was two years old.
[1] McCourt published five novels—Music at the Close (1947), Home Is the Stranger (1950), The Wooden Sword (1956), Walk Through the Valley (1958) and Fasting Friar (1963).
[3] His non-fiction titles included The Canadian West in Fiction (1949), a critical analysis of regional literature from the Canadian Prairies, Revolt in the West (1958), about the North-West Rebellion, and Remembering Butler (1967), a biography of Sir William Butler, as well as works of travel writing.
[1] Music at the Close won the Ryerson Fiction Award in 1947, and was republished by the New Canadian Library in 1972.