Author of three nonfiction books. Contributor to more than two dozen books by the Society for American Baseball Research. More than 40 years as a newspaper and magazine journalist with bylines in the Globe and Mail, National Post, Vancouver Sun, Reader’s Digest, Canadian Geographic, Toronto Life and many more. Speechwriter for a British Columbia premier. On selection committee of two sports Halls of Fame. Lifetime achievement award from Society of Professional Obituary Writers. Twice served as Harvey S. Southam Lecturer in Journalism and Nonfiction in the writing department of the University of Victoria.