Christopher Moore may be Canada’s most versatile writer of history. His first book, Louisbourg Portraits , won a Governor General’s Award and continues to delight readers, and his Loyalists: Revolution, Exile , Settlement won the Secretary of State’s Prize for Excellence in Canadian Studies. He co-authored the authoritative Illustrated History of Canada, and his history of Canada for young people, The Story of Canada (co-authored with Janet Lunn), was a bestseller and won the Mister Christie Award for Children’s Books. He has also written The Law Society of Upper Canada and Ontario’s Lawyers , Canada: Our Country (co-authored with Mark Kingwell), and 1867: How the Fathers Made a Deal . He has made many radio documentaries for CBC-Radio’s “Ideas” and writes a column for The Beaver. Christopher Moore lives in Toronto.
