Ken McGoogan

Who is Ken McGoogan?

Ken McGoogan is the Canadian author of eleven books, including 50 Canadians Who Changed the World, How the Scots Invented Canada, and four biographical narratives focusing on northern exploration and published internationally: Fatal Passage, Ancient Mariner, Lady Franklin's Revenge, and Race to the Polar Sea.

Born in Montreal and raised in a francophone town, McGoogan has traveled widely, both in Canada and abroad. After attending Sir George Williams University, he earned a bachelor's degree in journalism at Ryerson and a master's degree in creative writing at the University of British Columbia.

For two decades, while producing one nonfiction book and three novels, McGoogan earned his living as a journalist and literary editor, working at The Toronto Star, The Montreal Star, and The Calgary Herald. He has since been a writer-in-residence at Toronto Public Library, and in Fredericton, Dawson City, and Hobart, Tasmania. He served as chair of the Public Lending Right Commission, sails as a lecturer with Adventure Canada, and writes regularly for Canada's History magazine.