The Mystery of the Russian Ransom (11 page)

ROY M
AC
GREGOR
was named a media inductee to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2012, when he was given the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award for excellence in hockey journalism. He has been involved in hockey all his life, from playing all-star hockey in Huntsville, Ontario, against the likes of Bobby Orr from nearby Parry Sound, to coaching, and he is still playing old-timers hockey in Ottawa, where he lives with his wife Ellen. They have four grown children. He was inspired to write
The Highest Number in the World
, illustrated by Geneviève Després, when his now grown-up daughter started playing hockey as a young girl. Roy is also the author of several classics in hockey literature.
Home Team: Fathers, Sons and Hockey
was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Award for Literature.
Home Game: Hockey and Life in Canada
(written with Ken Dryden) was a bestseller, as were
Road Games: A Year in the Life of the NHL, The Seven A.M. Practice
, and his latest,
Wayne Gretzky’s Ghost: And Other Tales from a Lifetime in Hockey
. He wrote
Mystery at Lake Placid
, the first book in the bestselling, internationally successful Screech Owls series in 1995. In 2005, Roy was named an Officer of the Order of Canada.