by
James Steen
Robert Kristiansen often wondered why his parents had been so vague about their pasts. He begins a journey to uncover his heritage by tracing an ancestor from Ireland who settled in the Ottawa Valley in 1817. He discovers many family secrets along the way, including a dark one that he hid from himself. The story takes place primarily in Almonte and Ottawa.
James Steen
Born in Pakenham, Ontario, in 1935, James Steen has deep roots in the Ottawa Valley, dating as far back as 1817. He is a descendant of the James Steen who immigrated to the Fitzroy Harbour area from County Cavan, Northern Ireland, in 1817.
In 1941, Mr. Steen moved from Pakenham with his family to Ottawa, where he has lived for most of his life.
A Carleton University Journalism graduate, he had a long and varied public relations career with the federal Government before running his own communications business for fifteen years. “Buried Secrets” is his first novel.
He is married with three children and two grandchildren.
Mr. Steen’s novel sells for $20 a copy. He will sign all copies sold at the reading on April 8 at 7:00 p.m.
Mr. Steen is available at scom@rogers.com
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