<p Mike Filey was born in Toronto in 1941. He has written more than two dozen books on various facets of Toronto's past and for more than 35 years has contributed a popular column, "The Way We Were," to the <em Toronto Sunday Sun</em . His <em Toronto Sketches</em series is more popular now than ever before.</p
Jim Gifford is a freelance writer and a professional book editor. A frequent guest speaker in the publishing industry, he has written for several publications, including Where Toronto magazine and The Beaver . He teaches creative non-fiction at the University of Toronto. Gifford lives in Toronto, Ontario.