James R. Bear (Stevens) M.A. (Cornell) belongs to the Writers Union of Canada and is the author of 14 books. In 2005, the City of Thunder Bay awarded him the Chronicle-Journal Heritage Prize for writing. He is also the author of "Searching for the Hudson Bombers: Lads, Love and Death in World War II (2004)" and "The Maw: Searching for the Hudson Bombers (2005)" both available through Trafford Publishing.