Brendan McCarthy has been a member of the sports department at the St. John's Telegram since 1991 and during that time, has worked as the beat reporter for the newspaper's coverage of the American Hockey League and Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. He is a winner of the AHL's James Ellery Award for excellence in newspaper writing. Brendan and his wife Audrey live in St. John's. Forward Thinking: The Danny Cleary Story is his first published work.