About the Author

Donna McDonald is a writer and arts administrator who lives in London but works throughout Britain. She is the author of Illustrated News: The Canadian Pictures of Juliana Horatia Ewing (Dundurn 1985) and The Odyssey of the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble (Editions Bim, 1986). She is married to a fellow Canadian, writer Robert McDonald.

Reviews

"McDonald has written an engaging, generally laudatory biography that is rich in detail and provides considerable insight into the sources of Smith's great wealth." -- William A. Waiser -- Canadian Book Review Annual