Eva Brewster is a writer and journalist who has contributed to many daily and weekly newspapers as well as magazines as far away as Europe. She has covered assignments in Europe and was sent to Europe by then Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Hugh Horner. She is an active member of her community, having been a Municipal Councillor and Deputy Mayor of Coutts, Alberta 鴆692). In 1984 Vanished in Darkness won the best nonfiction award in the annual Alberta Culture Awards.