Ron Brown is a geographer and travel writer, with more than 20 travel books to his credit. His titles include Ghost  Towns of Ontario, Back Roads of Ontario, and Unusual Things to see in Ontario. His railway books include Rails Across Ontario, and The Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore, and well as a series of regional books on Canada’s rail heritage. He has also been published in the Toronto Star, the Globe and Mail, Canada’s History magazine and Canadian Geographic magazine. He is a former chair of the Writers’ Union of Canada and currently serves as vice-president of the East York Historical Society.