Ken S. Coates is a prolific author, whose titles include Canada's Colonies, The Modern North, North to Alaska, and many academic books. He has worked on north-centred television documentaries and served as a consultant to northern governments and organizations. He is currently a Canada Research Chair in Regional Innovation at the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Saskatchewan. He lives in Saskatoon.
Bill Morrison was a professor and administrator at universities in Ontario, Manitoba, and British Columbia and a visiting professor in the United States before he retired in 2010. Morrison has published fourteen books, twelve of them in collaboration with Kenneth Coates. He lives in Ladysmith, BC.