Mark Bourrie is an Ottawa-based author, lawyer, and journalist. He holds a master’s in Journalism from Carleton University and a PhD in History from the University of Ottawa. In 2017, he was awarded a Juris Doctor degree and was called to the Bar in 2018. He has won numerous awards for his journalism, including a National Magazine Award, and received the RBC Charles Taylor Prize in 2020 for his book Bush Runner: The Adventures of Pierre Radisson. His last book, Big Men Fear Me: The Fast Life and Quick Death of Canada’s Greatest Media Mogul, was nominated for several book awards.