Douglas Hunter

Douglas Hunter has written extensively on historical matters, including marine and terrestrial archaeology, cartography, and exploration. He has also written widely on business, sport, and the environment. He holds a PhD in history from York University (2015) and was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Waterloo.

His most recent books are:

•Frightful Disaster!: The Disappearance of the Great Lakes Steamer Waubuno, and the Pursuit of Justice for All Who Were Lost

•Repairing the World: Sheila Kussner and the Power of Empathy

•Jackson's Wars: A.Y. Jackson, The Birth of the Group of Seven, and the Great War

•Beardmore: The Viking Hoax That Rewrote History

•The Place of Stone: Dighton Rock and the Erasure of America’s Indigenous Past

•Double Double: How Tim Hortons Changed Canada’s Way of Life, One Cup at a Time

•The Race to the New World: Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, and a Lost History of Discovery

•Half Moon: Henry Hudson and the Voyage that Redrew the Map of the new World

•God's Mercies: Rivalry, Betrayal, and the Dream of Discovery

He won the 2003 National Business Book Award for The Bubble and the Bear and was a finalist for Double Double. God's Mercies was a finalist for both the Writers' Trust Non-Fiction Prize and the Governor-General's Literary Awards. Beardmore was a finalist for the Wilson Prize in Canadian History. Jackson's Wars was a finalist for the Dafoe Book Prize.