John Norman Harris was born in Fort Frances, Ontario, Canada. He was an author of fiction and non-fiction. In 1937, he went to England joining the Royal Air Force to train as a pilot. In the Second World War, he was shot down piloting a bomber over Hamburg and was held as a POW in a German camp until the end of the war. He died of a heart attack when visiting relatives in Vermont, USA. He is the creator of 'Sidney Grant', a lawyer.