About Yvonne Klan Yvonne Mearns Klan was born in a logging camp near Victoria, BC. Her father cut the umbilical cord while her 17-year-old mother read him instructions from a St. John Ambulance handbook. She is the author of numerous historical articles. Books by Yvonne Klan The Old Red Shirt Lost Poets of British Columbia's Past by (author) Yvonne Klan