John MacLachlan Gray

John MacLachlan Gray is a multi-talented artist. As a playwright, composer and theatre director, he has created many acclaimed productions, most notably Billy Bishop Goes to War (1978), which won the Governor General’s Literary Award for Drama, was produced on and off Broadway, and was released as a feature film in 2011.

As a writer, Gray has authored several books, fiction and non-fiction, including a series of mystery-thrillers: A Gift For The Little Master (Random House, 2000), The Fiend in Human (St. Martins/Random House, 2004), White Stone Day (Minotaur Books, 2005) and Not Quite Dead (Minotaur Books, 2007). Hi latest novel, The White Angel (2017), follows the unsolved death of a Scottish nanny living in Vancouver. Set in the years following the First World War and at the height of Canada’s anti-immigration campaign, Gray put his spin on a real-life cold case.

He is an Officer of the Order of Canada and lives in Vancouver, BC.