Into the Abyss: How a Deadly Plane Crash Changed the Lives of a Pilot, a Politician, a Criminal and a Cop is a non-fiction book, written by the Canadian writer Carol Shaben, first published in September 2012 by Random House. The book's narrative chronicles the doomed flight of a Piper Navajo commuter plane, Wapiti Aviation Flight 402, and the plight of four survivors as they endured the remote wilderness of northern Alberta where the plane had crashed.NPR Staff, (May 21, 2013). After Crashing In Canadian 'Abyss,' Four Men Fight To Survive. npr.org. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
Awards and honours Into the Abyss received the 2013 "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction".Faculty of Arts, (July 30, 2013). Carol Shaben named winner of the 2013 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction . Wilfrid Laurier University. Headlines (news releases). Retrieved March 12, 2013.
See also List of Edna Staebler Award recipients Larry Shaben Grant Notley
References
External links Carol Shaben. Home page. Retrieved March 12, 2013. CBC article about the crash