Dick DerksenDick Derksen was raised in a Russian Mennonite environment, beginning in Manitoba and ending in British Columbia. He is the oldest of fifteen children. After working in the family sawmill and farm until adulthood, he graduated from Prairie Bible Insttute and then the University of Calgary. He taught junior high band and social studies for six years, while also directing Whispering Pines Bible Camp. He spent the next 31 years teaching and administering in two schools for missionary children in Europe. During the last 15 years he also completed his MA and did the coursework for his doctorate in Education at University of Bath, England. He retired back to Calgary in 2007, and soon began researching and writing this series of historical fiction novels. Read More Read Less