Douglas Whiteway has been working and playing with words for more than four decades, which is remarkable since he’s only 49, which suggests either precociousness or outright fibbing. He has worked as a writer and editor for newspapers, including the Winnipeg Free Press, and magazines, including Canada’s History (formerly The Beaver), and for various book publishers. He contributes to nonfiction books as a writer and edits both fiction and nonfiction. Under the pseudonym C.C. Benison, he is the author of eight––possibly nine (hard to remember!)––crime novels. These include three volumes in the “Her Majesty Investigates” series, including Death at Buckingham Palace (Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel!), the Father Christmas mysteries––Twelve Drummers Drumming, Eleven Pipers Piping, Ten Lords A-Leaping, and The Unpleasantness at the Battle of Thornford––and stand-alone novels Death in Cold Type and Paul is Dead.