I would like to thank the many librarians who provided research material for this book, and especially Kathleen Larkin of the Prince Rupert Library. They unearthed old and obscure books that I could never have found on my own.
Thanks as well to my agent, Danielle Egan-Miller; my editor, Françoise Bui; and my partner, Kristin, who has probably read this story more times than I've read it myself.
Iain Lawrence studied journalism in Vancouver, British Columbia, and worked for small newspapers in the northern part of the province. He settled on the coast, living first in the port city of Prince Rupert and now on the Gulf Islands. His previous novels include the High Seas Trilogy:
The Wreckers, The Smugglers
, and
The Buccaneers;
as well as
Lord of the Nutcracker Men, Ghost Boy, The Light-keeper's Daughter
, and
The Convicts
, the companion to
The Cannibals.
You can find out more about Iain Lawrence at
www.iainlawrence.com
.
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