Interview: Carolyn Whitzman on the archival story behind novel Clara at the Door
“Clara at the Door with a Revolver: The Scandalous Black Suspect, the Exemplary White Son, and the Murder That Shocked Toronto” is a non-fiction book about the 1894 murder of Frank Westwood in Toronto and the subsequent trial of accused Clara Ford, a Black single mother, of the crime. It won the 2024 Heritage Toronto Book Award. It was also shortlisted for the 2023 Toronto Book Award and the 2024 Brass Knuckles Award for Non-fiction Crime Books. | MOBA
