TED BARRIS has published twenty books of non-fiction, half of them wartime histories. The Great Escape: A Canadian Story won the Libris Award for Best Non-Fiction Book of the Year. Dam Busters: Canadian Airmen and the Secret Raid Against Nazi Germany received the RCAF Association NORAD Trophy. Rush to Danger: Medics in the Line of Fire was longlisted for the RBC Charles Taylor Prize. Ted Barris is a Member of the Order of Canada.