Roy MacSkimming has been a book publisher in Toronto and literary columnist and books editor for the Toronto Star. He has held positions with the Canada Council for the Arts and the Association of Canadian Publishers. A native of Ottawa, he lives in the country near Perth, Ontario. His next novel will deal with the double life of Canada's second great Prime Minister, Sir Wilfrid Laurier. His website, www.roymacskimming.com, will enhance readers' enjoyment of Laurier in Love by posting photographs and background material about people and events in the novel.