Pat Mestern is the author of eight previous books, including No Choice but Freedom and Magdalena's Song. She writes travel, lifestyle, and local history columns for a variety of national and international publications. She lives in Fergus, Ontario.
One of only two living writers to have won the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour three times, Arthur Black is one of Canada's bestknown humorists. A former host of the CBC radio program, Basic Black, and the author of a syndicated newspaper column, Black is now permanentlytransplanted to Salt Spring Island, BC.