One of Canada's most acclaimed writers. Findley started out as an actor at Stratford (Canada, not UK) and later became a novelist and essayist. For several years, he wrote the back page column for Harrowsmith Country Life Magazine, where I worked full time from 1997 - 2011. (I still do some special projects for the publication. ) PS: My Mom used to walk "Tiff" or "Tiffy" to school in Toronto, when they were children.