Gary Geddes

Gary Geddes has written and edited more than 40 books and has received numerous literary awards, including the British Columbia Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence and Chile’s Gabriela Mistral Prize. He is the author of two bestselling travel memoirs, The Kingdom of Ten Thousand Things and Sailing Home. He lives on Thetis Island in British Columbia. His new book, Drink the Bitter Root, is a condemnation of the horrors spawned by greed and corruption and an eloquent tribute to human resilience.