RobertHunterwas born in St. Boniface, Manitoba, Canada. He was the star columnist for theVancouver Sun, and the founding member of the Greenpeace Foundation, which propelled him on a number of kamikaze missions in the Pacific and the Arctic. He wrote 11 books, includingTo Save a Whale, Warriors of the Rainbow, and the Governor General's Award-winningOccupied Canada. An irreverent media guru, he was the environmental reporter for the Toronto TV network City, and wrote a column for Eye magazine.He died in 2005.