Ian Macdonald

Ian Macdonald was born and educated in Glasgow and worked for several years on Scottish newspapers before moving to Canada. He was a reporter in Ontario and Alberta before finding his way to the West Coast where he worked on the Victoria Colonist, the Vancouver Province and the Vancouver Sun. He was Ottawa correspondent for the Sun for five years before becoming press officer for Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. He made an award-winning documentary film, and then turned seriously to the writing of history. Betty O'Keefe was born in Vancouver and wrote for the Province newspaper for several years. She then moved into the field of public relations as a consultant and later as supervisor of communications for a large Canadian corporation. In 1988 she opened her own communications company, but decided that her real interest was in writing history. Together, Betty O’Keefe and Ian Macdonald have co-authored a dozen books.

Books by Ian Macdonald

Politics & Players

boundary sequence illusion

Inside Politics

Canadian Holy War

Quiet Reformers

Politics, People, and Pot-Pourri

Disaster on Mount Slesse

Leo

Leo

From Bourassa to Bourassa

Free Trade

The Klondike’s “Dear Little Nuggett”