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Meet the Writers: Jack Whyte

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6 Jack Whyte

Jack Whyte

Jack Whyte lives very comfortably outside the CanLit establishment. Having now sold over one million books—in Canada alone—he is his own literary scene. His hugely popular Dream of Eagles series based on the Arthurian legends, and his more recent Templar Trilogy, have sold millions more copies worldwide. The eagerly awaited final volume of the Templar series, Order in Chaos (Penguin Canada), was released in 2009. Next up for the tireless Kelowna resident is a series on the heroes of his homeland to be called The Guardians of Scotland. The trilogy, set in the 14th century, features James “the Black” Douglas, William Wallace and Robert the Bruce. 

Since emigrating from Scotland in 1967, Jack Whyte has acquired a varied and impressive CV. Before turning to fulltime writing he toured a one-man show on Robert Burns, wrote a series of 90-minute variety shows for CBC, and was a very successful advertising executive. It’s all in his fascinating 2007 memoir, Forty Years in Canada.

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