I Know That Name!: The People Behind Canada's Best Known Brand Names from Elizabeth Arden to Walter Zeller - Softcover

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Randy Ray lives in Ottawa and works as a writer. He grew up in Toronto and graduated from Ryerson University's journalism program. Mark Kearney lives in London and has worked as a journalist for almost twenty-five years. He has a journalism degree from the University of Western Ontario.

Ray and Kearney have won several awards and have written the best-selling books The Great Canadian Book of Lists and The Great Canadian Trivia Book.

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