Brian Robertson is a bit of renaissance man, with degrees in engineering and business yet someone who has worn many other hats - millworker, commercial fisherman, salvage diver and cabbie - and finished his professional career as an historical consultant for several decades to both First Nations and the Government of Canada. An accomplished singer-songwriter, Brian is perhaps best known for his authentic and engaging songs about the BC coast and has released two CDs featuring this content, Saltchuck Serenade and Times and Places (for more, go to his website at www.brianrobertson.ca). In this he connects with his good friend Jon Bartlett, a celebrated singer and musicologist in his own right and fellow student of BC history. Brian shares with his partner Beth a passion for ocean kayaking, traditional dance, adventure travel and gardening at their home in Vancouver BC. When Heroes Become Villains is his first book.