A former newspaper editor and publisher, Gord Smedley earned a Journalistic Principles scholarship to Vancouver College (Langara), an Excellence in Outdoor Writing award from the BC & Yukon Community Newspaper Association, and an Honourable Mention at the BC Law Society awards in 1989. He now makes his living as a freelance writer, and has written many newspaper articles including a feature interview with Noam Chomsky and a five-part series on spousal assault. Smedley also enjoys reading, fishing, cooking and politics.