Don Butler is an award-winning journalist and novelist. Prior to releasing his first novel, A Life of Bliss, in 2021, he spent more than four decades at the Ottawa Citizen newspaper, including six years as executive editor.
He lives in Ottawa, Canada and is married to fellow journalist Christina Spencer. His second novel, Norman's Conquest, which features the further adventures of some of the characters from A Life of Bliss, was released in May 2024.