Iona Whishaw has been a youth worker, social worker, teacher and an award winning High School Principal, who continued with her writing throughout her working life. Receiving her Masters in Creative writing from UBC, Iona has published short fiction, poetry, poetry translation and one children’s book, "Henry and the Cow Problem." The Lane Winslow mystery series is her first foray into adult fiction. Her eleventh novel in the series is "Lightening Strikes the Silence."
Awards: Bony Blythe winner, short listed for two Lefty Awards, the Duthie Book Prize and the Crime Writers of Canada Prize for best crime novel