Former MP Jody Wilson-Raybould鈥檚 memoir detailing her tumultuous tenure as the Liberal justice minister is among four titles that have been shortlisted for a $60,000 public policy book award.

The Writers鈥� Trust of Canada announced the inaugural finalists Wednesday for the Balsillie Prize for Public Policy.

The new annual prize, backed by former BlackBerry chief executive Jim Balsillie, will be awarded for the first time on Nov. 24 to the best non-fiction book shaping Canadian discourse about public policy.

Wilson-Raybould is nominated for 鈥溾�業ndian鈥� in the Cabinet: Speaking Truth to Power,鈥� published by HarperCollins Canada, which touches on her experience as an Indigenous leader at the cabinet table and how she moved forward following the SNC-Lavalin affair.

Also in the running is Globe and Mail health columnist Andr茅 Picard for 鈥淣eglected No More: The Urgent Need to Improve the Lives of Canada鈥檚 Elders in the Wake of a Pandemic,鈥� from Random House Canada.

Rounding out the short list are University of Toronto professor Dan Breznitz鈥檚 鈥淚nnovation in Real Places: Strategies for Prosperity in an Unforgiving World,鈥� from Oxford University Press, and Victoria journalist Gregor Craigie鈥檚 鈥淥n Borrowed Time: North America鈥檚 Next Big Quake,鈥� published by Goose Lane Editions.

鈥擳he Canadian Press