Jim French was born in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, in 1939, and spent his high school years in Sudbury and Elliot Lake. He has an honours degree in English and Philosophy from the University of Western Ontario in London, and a master's degree in English from the University of Sussex in the U.K. Jim is married to his second wife, Beth Whitney, and has two children and two step-children. After 45 years in Education, teaching English, Communication, and Writing in high school and college, Jim celebrates retired life with Beth in London. Jim can be reached at whitfren@execulink.com. This is his second book.