About the Author
Jack Batten is a well-known author, journalist, reviewer, and radio personality. He has written over thirty books on subjects that include biography, crime fiction, law and court cases, and sports. Jack Battens first career was as a lawyer. After four years, he turned to writing. He has been a staff writer at Macleans Magazine and the Star Weekly. Batten has written for many magazines, including Chatelaine, Rolling Stone, and Toronto Life. He has written radio plays for the CBC and a jazz column for The Globe and Mail. Nowadays, Jack Batten writes books and reviews crime novels for The Sunday Star. The Man Who Ran Faster Than Everyone is Jacks most recent book, for which he was nominated for the Norma Fleck Award for nonfiction, the biggest prize in Canadian Childrens literature.