IAN FERGUSON won the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour for Village of the Small Houses. He is the co-author, with his brother, Will, of the Miranda Abbott series, which includes I Only ReadMurder and Mystery in the Title; as well as How to Be a Canadian, which was also shortlisted for the Leacock Medal and won the CBA Libris Award for non-fiction. A writer and creative director in the film and television industry, Ian Ferguson lives in Victoria.