About the Author

Diane Francis is the author of nine books, including the #1 bestsellers, Who Owns Canada Now and Bre-X: The Inside Story. An award-winning journalist, broadcaster and entrepreneur, she has been a columnist for Maclean's magazine, The New York Sun and the Financial Post, and is currently Editor at Large at the National Post and a blogger for The Huffington Post. Francis was a Visiting Fellow at Harvard University's Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy and a Media Fellow and participant at the World Economic Forum for 20 years. She is currently Distinguished Professor at Ryerson University's Ted Rogers School of Management. A native of Chicago, she divides her time between Toronto and New York City.