Paul St. Pierre is an award-winning author and popular newspaper columnist renowned for his tales about BC's Cariboo region. His Cariboo Country CBC-TV series, which launched the career of Chief Dan George, led to books such as Boss of the Namko Drive and Chilcotin Holiday. He was the first Canadian to receive the Western Writers of America Spur Award, and he was honoured with the BC Gas Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000 for his outstanding contribution to the literary arts in BC. A former Member of Parliament, he performs many speaking engagements and has homes in the Fraser Valley, the Chilcotin and Sinaloa, Mexico.