Photo by William Hamilton

HAROLD JOHNSON is the author of four
novels and one work of non-fiction.
After a stint in the Canadian Navy,
Johnson became a packsack miner and
logger across northern and western
Canada. In 1991 he quit the mines to
pursue a bachelor’s degree in law from
the University of Saskatchewan and a
Master of Law degree from Harvard
University. He now works as a Crown
Prosecutor in La Ronge, Saskatchewan
and lives with his wife Joan at the
north end of Montreal Lake where they
continue the traditions of trapping
and commercial fishing common to
Johnson’s Cree background.