Hello! My name is John.

I'm an international award-winning author/storyteller who writes about the history, the people, and the places of the north. My books include  The Caribou Hotel: Hauntings, hospitality, a hunter and the parrot, One Mush: Jamaica's Dogsled Team, Yukon Sport : An Illustrated Encyclopedia, River Time: Racing the Ghosts of the Klondike Rush, Better Than A Cure: One man's journey to free the world of Polio (with Ramesh Ferris), Yukon Quest: The 1000-mile sled dog race between Fairbanks and Whitehorse, and North Star: The Legacy of Jean-Marie Mouchet.

I was awarded the annual heritage award  from the Yukon Museums and Historical Association in 2019.

I grew up in Dawson City. The Klondike Gold Rush was my back yard and the original location of the Tro/'chek Han First Nation fish camp was still a good place to catch grayling. I was surrounded by writers and historians, both living and long gone. Pierre Berton's childhood home was just down the street. Dick North lived on the next block over, right beside Jack London's cabin. Robert Service's cabin was a 10 minute walk from my front door. Today I live in Whitehorse, Yukon. From here I can hike on ancient First Nation trading trails across the coastal mountains, follow the route of the riverboats down the Yukon River or discover long lost places hidden in the interior trenches.

It is my pleasure to share my world with you. In addition to my blog I post on my Facebook page and share with groups interested in northern history. What I love most is to research and write books about the country I live in and the people I live with. Forgive the sales pitch, but I would appreciate you reading my blog and my books and possibly feeling the same way I do about the place I call home.