Derek Lundy

Derek Lundy (December 14, 1946 – August 21, 2022) was a bestselling Canadian non-fiction author, lawyer by training, and an experienced amateur sailor celebrated for his thrilling narratives of maritime adventure and geopolitical borders. Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, his family immigrated to Canada when he was young, and he later settled on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia. Lundy achieved massive international acclaim with his second book, Godforsaken Sea: Racing the World's Most Dangerous Waters, a gripping account of the harrowing 1996 Vendée Globe solo sailing race that Time magazine called "one of the best books ever written about sailing." He followed this success with other acclaimed maritime sagas like The Way of a Ship, which was a finalist for the B.C. Book Prize. Later in his career, he masterfully bridged his personal history with investigative reporting, writing The Bloody Red Hand to explore the complexities of the Irish Troubles, and Borderlands, a deep dive into the realities of North American borders that was shortlisted for the Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize.