PAUL PALANGO was born in Hamilton, Ontario and earned a degree in journalism from Carleton University. He has worked at the Hamilton Spectator (1974-1976), covered the Toronto Blue Jays in their first season for the Toronto Sun (1977), and worked at the Globe and Mail from 1977 to 1990 as City Editor and National Editor—where he was responsible for the supervision of investigative journalism done by Globe reporters across the country. In 1989, on behalf of the Globe and its staff, he was selected to accept the Michener Award from then Governor-General Jeanne Sauve. After leaving the Globe, he worked as a freelancer, writing a city column for eye weekly magazine in Toronto for almost five years. In 1993, he began work as a fraud investigator for a leading forensic accounting firm, which allowed him to see the justice system from a unique perspective. In that capacity, he traveled extensively around North America investigating fraud, including an arson investigation in Saskatchewan, in which he helped the Mounties there focus on the likely perpetrator, who eventually was convicted and went to prison. He has worked on investigations for the Fifth Estate—including a case involving links between Hamilton mobsters and then Deputy Prime Minister Sheila Copps—as well as investigative journalist pieces for Saturday Night, MacLean’s, Elm Street, Canadian Business and Hamilton Magazine, among others. His books include, Above The Law (McClelland & Stewart) and The Last Guardians (McClelland & Stewart 1998).