About the Author

Paul Grescoe has been chronicling Western Canadian entrepreneurs for decades--from the legendary Vancouver billionaire Jim Pattison (""Jimmy"") to the Winnipeg couple who founded the Harlequin romance empire (""The Merchants of Venus""). With his wife, Audrey, he is also a compiler of three recent volumes of private correspondence that illuminate Canadian history. The Grescoes live on Bowen Island, a world away from the rest of British Columbia. Audrey Grescoe has been a freelance journalist and a newspaper and magazine editor; more recently she has written books on travel and nature.
Paul Grescoe has contributed to most of the major Canadian magazines and has also written books, including detective novels and ""The Merchants of Venus, about the Harlequin publishing empire. They live on Bowen Island, near Vancouver, B.C.