Janice MacDonald is the author of nine books, including novels, non-fiction titles, a children's book and a university textbook. Janice's stories and essays have been widely anthologized, and her popular Randy Craig novels were the first mystery series set in Edmonton. She has taught English literature, communications and creative writing at both the University of Alberta and Grant MacEwan College. A lifelong lover of history, Janice has previously written a book about the fur trade in western Canada, as well as music and lyrics for touring musical plays about the Canadian railroad and the Lac La Biche Mission in northern Alberta. She was delighted to see both of her daughters work at Fort Edmonton and Rutherford House during their university years.