Ian Ferguson won the Stephen Leacock Award for Humour for his book Village of the Small Houses. He is the coauthor, with his brother Will Ferguson, of the runaway bestseller How to be a Canadian: Even If You Already Are One, which was shortlisted for the Stephen Leacock Award and won the CBA Libris Award for nonfiction. He currently resides on an exotic island in the Pacific Ocean…so, Victoria.