Author Roderick Benns

Roderick Benns was the odd kid in class who had memorized all the prime ministers in order. Born in Peterborough and raised in Lindsay, the scenic Kawartha Lakes of Ontario were home.

He has had a varied writing career spanning 20 years, with newspapers, magazines, Internet news sites and radio. Roderick is an award-winning journalist, having captured a 1st place national newspaper award in the 1990s for journalistic initiative through the Canadian Community of Newspapers Association.

He is the author of The Mystery of the Moonlight Murder: An Early Adventure of John Diefenbaker, published by Fireside Publishing House and is now at work on Book Two in the series.

Roderick is currently Senior Writer with the Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat of the Ontario Ministry of Education.

Personal interests include Canadian history (of course!), politics, Norse mythology, trivia games and hockey.

Family life is integral to Roderick. He is married to his wonderful wife, Joli Scheidler-Benns, a strong, supportive influence who originally hails from the U.S.A. Roderick has two magnificent children, Eric, 12, a promising creative writer, artist and palaeontologist, and Alexis, 4, a budding colourist, singer and animal whisperer. They live in the Greater Toronto Area with their silver toy poodle, Sirius. The family also likes to spend time in the country with their young horse, Gaelin.