The Reporter and the Winnipeg General Strike
Fiction
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Author:
Michael Dupuis is a retired history teacher, consultant and author. For nearly 50 years, his writing has focused on the role played by journalists in historical events. His previous non-fiction works focus on the Winnipeg General Strike and the Halifax explosion. Michael holds a BA in English and an MA in Canadian History from the University of Ottawa and a BEd from the University of Toronto. This is his first novel.
Illustrator:
Michael Kluckner is an artist and the author of illustrated books including memoirs on farming, a sketchbook of Canada’s culture landscapes, detailed histories of British Columbia, Vancouver and Toronto, and the graphic novel Toshiko about the Japanese-Canadian experience during World War II.
A hoard of artifacts uncovered inside an old barn in Reno, Nevada galvanizes Vancouver antique dealers to search for missing treasure. When Catherine Chan, assistant to Regency Antiques owner Frank Ball and art expert Colin Fisher travel to a ranch to investigate the barn, they discover that valuable items are missing. Meanwhile, an estate sale in Vancouver pits the major antiques dealers against Ball, who has cornered the sale for himself. Set in 2007 against an impending economic market meltdown, The Road to Reno is a mystery that sheds light on the glamorous but ruthless world of the antiques trade.
With a PhD in criminology, Christopher Nowlin is a defence lawyer and legal scholar who also teaches law at Douglas College. The author of Judging Obscenity: A Critical History of Expert Evidence, he has been interviewed on radio and television. He once busked around Europe playing saxophone and is also a professional painter. He lives in Vancouver, BC.
Jacqui Stanley has moved back to Houston Texas. Before she left Washington she received the award as the outstanding student for Secondary Education for 2005 by the faculty at Woodring College of Education at Western Washington University.
A passionate diver, underwater photographer, writer, illustrator, speaker, and supporter of several marine societies, Jacqui gives frequent presentations and seminars at conferences and schools throughout Canada and the USA. She has a BA from the University of Western Australia and an MLA from the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. Jacqui is working on a degree in Early Childhood Education.
Published by Vancouver’s internationally respected Marion Scott Gallery in conjunction with its 2002 exhibition of Baker Lake wall hangings.
