Andrew Nikiforuk's work as a journalist – for such magazines as "Saturday Night," "Maclean's," "Canadian Business," "Report on Business Magazine," "Georgia Straight," and "Equinox" – has earned him four National Magazine Awards, the Atkinson Fellowship in Public Policy, and top honors from the Association of Canadian Journalists. His best-selling book "School's Out: The Catastrophe in Public Education and What Parents Can Do About It" was shortlisted for the Gordon Montador Award for writing on issues of key social interest. He lives with his wife and three sons in Calgary.