A former radio/television presenter, Bill Richardson writes for children and adults. His books include Bachelor Brothers’ Bed & Breakfast, Waiting for Gertrude, After Hamelin, and The Alphabet Thief. Awards include Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour, the Silver Birch Award, a B.C. Book Award, a Manitoba Book Award, and Outstanding Bandsman (Golden Gate Junior High School, 1969). He lives in Vancouver.