About Eric Collier Wilderness guide, trapper and conservationist Eric Collier was born in England in 1903. He was sent to Canada to work as a "mud pup" for his cousin, Harry Marriott, the author of Cariboo Cowboy. Collier died at Riske Creek, B.C., in 1966. Books by Eric Collier Three Against the Wilderness by (author) Eric Collier