FRANK PARKER DAY was a fisherman and author born in Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia. As a boy he lived in many Nova Scotia communities. He studied
at Mount Allison and Oxford universities, and then taught English. Day served in the Canadian Army, recruiting and training Cape Breton Highlanders. His novel Rockbound, championed by writer Donna Morrissey, was the Canada Reads winner in 2005.