Author Biography
Veronique Perrier Mandal is a registered nurse, actor, writer, playwright, journalist and college professor. She has worked in those professions in Canada, Bermuda and England. She has worked in broadcasting, hosting radio and TV shows at the CBC and TV Cogeco, for newspapers, including The Windsor Star, the Manchester Co-op News and National Post and written for magazines such as Canadian Lawyer, MD Canada and Word on Women, earning more than two dozen provincial, national and international awards, including being named Journalist of the Year. She co-authored Chasing Lightning, a history of gambling in Canada with her husband Chris Vander Doelen. Born in Buchans, Newfoundland she lives with Chris in a forest in Essex County, near Windsor, Ontario and has twin sons, Rajesh and Bijan.
