Howard Engel (born April 2, 1931) is a Canadian mystery writer and CBC producer who resides in Toronto, Ontario. He is well known to Canadian readers for his series of Benny Cooperman detective novels, set in the Niagara Region in and around the fictitious city of Grantham, Ontario (which strongly resembles the real city of St. Catharines, Ontario). April 2 is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 273 days remaining. ... Year 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... Mystery fiction is a distinct subgenre of detective fiction that entails the occurrence of an unknown event which requires the protagonist to make known (or solve). ... The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), a Canadian crown corporation, is the country’s national public radio and television broadcaster. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages English (de facto) Flower White Trillium Tree Eastern White Pine Bird Common Loon Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Parliamentary representation  - House seats  - Senate seats 106 24... Heraldic Motto: Unity, Responsibility, Loyalty Corporate Motto: Building Communities, Building Lives Location of the Niagara Region within Ontario Area: 1,852 sq. ... Nickname: The Garden City Motto: Industry and Liberality Location of St. ...

From 1962 to 1978 he was married to Marian Engel, a noted Canadian writer of literary fiction who died in 1985. They had 2 children, twins William and Charlotte, born in 1965. Engel subsequently married Canadian novelist Janet Hamilton. The couple have one son, Jacob Engel, born in 1989. Marian Engel (May 24, 1933–February 16, 1985) was a Canadian novelist whose feminist approach made her one of Canadas foremost modern writers. ... Janet Hamilton Memorial Fountain, West End Park, Coatbridge Janet Hamilton Memorial Fountain, West End Park, Coatbridge Janet Hamilton was a nineteenth century Scottish poet. ...

In 2000, Engel suffered a stroke that left him with alexia sine (Latin for without) agraphia, a condition which prevents him from being able to read written words without a major effort, while retaining his ability to write. His most recent novel, Memory Book (2005), in which his character Benny Cooperman suffers a blow to the head and is similarly affected, is largely based on personal experience. A stroke, also known as cerebrovascular accident (CVA),[1] is an acute neurological injury in which the blood supply to a part of the brain is interrupted. ... Alexia, or word blindness, is an acquired type of sensory aphasia where trauma to the brain causes a patient to lose the ability to read. ... Agraphia is inability to write resulting from brain disease. ...

In February 2007, Engel was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada. Seal of the Order of Canada The Order of Canada is Canadas highest civilian honour, with membership awarded to those who exemplify the Orders Latin motto Desiderantes meliorem patriam, which means (those) desiring a better country. ...

Bibliography

Novels

• The Suicide Murders (1980), ISBN 0-7720-1304-7
• The Ransom Game (1981), ISBN 0-7720-1364-0
• Murder on Location (1982), ISBN 0-7720-1384-5
• Murder Sees the Light (1984), ISBN 0-670-80304-9
• A City Called July (1986), ISBN 0-670-81268-4
• A Victim Must Be Found (1988), ISBN 0-670-82298-1
• Dead and Buried (1990), ISBN 0-670-83116-6
• Murder in Montparnasse (1992), ISBN 0-670-84068-8
• There Was an Old Woman (1993), ISBN 0-670-85259-7
• Getting Away With Murder (1995), ISBN 0-670-86078-6
• Mr. Doyle and Dr. Bell (1997), ISBN 0-670-87755-7
• My Brother's Keeper (2001), ISBN 1-55278-327-8 (with Eric Wright)
• The Cooperman Variations (2001), ISBN 0-14-029744-8
• Memory Book (2005), ISBN 0-14-301665-2

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Non-fiction

• Lord High Executioner: An Unashamed Look at Hangmen, Headsmen, and Their Kind (1996), ISBN 1-55013-704-2
• A Child's Christmas in Scarborough (1997), ISBN 1-55013-922-3
• Crimes of Passion: An Unblinking Look at Murderous Love (2001), ISBN 1-55263-355-1

Anthologies

• Criminal Shorts: Mysteries by Canadian Crime Writers (1992), ISBN 0-7715-9160-8 (ed. with Eric Wright)