Rick Pyves is a published author, avid historian and genealogist and grew up in Montreal, Quebec. Rick is a graduate of Concordia (Sir George Williams) University and McGill University and holds both a Bachelor of Science and a Masters in Business Administration in Marketing. Rick’s first book Night Madness: A Rear Gunner’s Story of Love, Courage, and Hope in World War II was published by Red Deer Press in October, 2012.  Based on interviews, painstaking archival research, and letters from a long-distance love affair, Rick has weaved together his father’s tale into a touching love story and one man’s very personal war.   Rick's new book, Courage, Sacrifice and Betrayal: The Story of the Victoria Rifles of Canada - 60th Battalion in the First World War was released in March 2018 by Helion & Company in the UK and by ECW Press in Canada. Courage, Sacrifice and Betrayal is a microcosm of the countless sad, heroic and everyday experiences of Canadian front line battalions that fought in WWI. It provides a detailed account of the day-to-day operations of the 60th Battalion and the lives of its many soldiers including A.Y. Jackson future Group of Seven Artist and the author's grandfather Sergeant Edward Pyves (Military Medal). Rick has just completed his trilogy with the story of his maternal, great-grandmother's brother, Sir John James Taylor, Assistant Under-Secretary for Ireland,  who was the De Facto Ruler of Ireland from 1918 to early 1920. it is the story of a commoner, born in India who joins the British Civil Service as a young teenager and rises through the ranks to a position of influence during the Irish War of Independence.  The release of this book is scheduled for February 2022.