Betty Annand was born in Vancouver, but moved to Courtenay when she was ten and has resided there ever since. She began her writing career writing comedy plays for seniors before writing two history books about the early settlers in the Comox Valley. Her first novel was published in 2017. Her second novel was published in 2018 and her third in 2020, thus completing a trilogy. This is Betty’s fourth novel and is based on stories her father told her about his adventures working his way from the East Coast to the West Coast of Canada when he came from England in 1910.