<p>A National Magazine Award recipient and winner of the Hugh MacLennan Prize for fiction, <b>George Szanto</b> is the author of several books of essays and half a dozen novels, including <i>The Tartarus House on Crab</i>, as well as his recent memoir, <i>Bog Tender: Coming Home to Nature and Memory</i>. A fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, George is also co-author of the Island Investigations International mystery series, which includes <i>Never Sleep with a Suspect on Gabriola Island</i>, <i>Always Kiss the Corpse on Whidbey Island</i>, and <i>Never Hug a Mugger on Quadra Island</i>. Please visit georgeszanto.com.</p>