Jack Boudreau

Champion of the backwoods, Jack Boudreau entertains with more from the back woods of British Columbia.  Jack is the author of the books, Crazy Mans Creek, Mountains Campfires and Memories, Grizzly Bear Mountain, Wilderness Dreams and Wild and Free.  He has lived all his life in and around the perilous mountains of northeastern British Columbia and still spends every day he can out in the wilds that have captured his heart and soul.

Audrey Read

Audrey Reed grew up in the beautiful Robson Valley of British Columbia, on a dairy farm near the village of McBride.  After marring her husband Walter, they moved west and after many moves settled on a half section of land between the Fraser and Burns Lake.  When they leased this land from the government in 1968 the work began. There wasn't a spot big enough to turn a saddle horse around on so it had to be logged, stumped and those dag-on roots picked.  All that followed by working up the ground and seeding it.  Then of course over the years more land was purchased to make sure there was no spare time!  Happily, they have their four children and eight grandchildren close by.

Karsten Heuer

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A graduate of the University of Calgary, Karsten Heuer has worked as a wildlife biologist and park warden in the Widikwe Game Reserve in South Africa, in Banff National Park in the Rockies, and, most recently, in Canada's far north, based in Inuvik.  He continues to work in support of the Y2Y Conservation Initiative.  Walking the Big Wild is his first book.

Ben Glad

Author Ben Glad loves the mountains.  From childhood he has lived in or near the Rockies, hiking, climbing and skiing; watching wildlife and enjoying wildflowers, wild places and wild weather.  A desire to know more about the rock he climbed on, led Ben to a degree in the earth science.  He is an independent interpretive guide in Jasper National Park and has written four other books.

Margaret McKirdy

Active in the arts, Margaret has written for the local newspaper and several journals including The Raincoast Chronicles.  Out of personal interest, she researched the local history and discovered letters regarding the death of Alex McCauley.  She was intrigued and began research, and subsequently wrote this irresistible story.

The Penny Reunion Committee

A book compiled by The Penny Reunion Committee about the history of Penny, British Columbia.