Ephrem (Ephie) CarrierEPHREM CARRIER served twenty years in the Royal Canadian Navy (up to Petty Officer First Class) before working as a hospital administrator in Alberta and the Northwest Territories. He also served as a Governor General-appointed official receiver. Ephem and his wife Jean Murtagh, a registered nurse and midwife, from Scotland volunteered in various capacities with the Canadian Executive Service Organization (CESO) for nearly five years. This work took them to Ghana, the Philippines, India, Indonesia, Côte d'Ivoire, and Haiti. Ephrem has also previously been a qualified scuba diving instructor and private airplane pilot.

A longtime storyteller and member of the Writers' Federation of New Brunswick, Ephrem has published several articles and collaborated on the children's book Pa's Harvest (with Jan Andrews; Douglas and McIntyre, 2000). Ephrem lives in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Read More Read Less