About Thora Illing Thora Illing is a former journalist and librarian. She immigrated to Canada as a young woman and fell in love with the space, the fjords, and the forests of the west. Now retired, she lives in Sidney, BC, and loves travel, books, nature and animals. Books by Thora Illing Gold Rush Queen The Extraordinary Life of Nellie Cashman by (author) Thora Illing