- Gordon Pape
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Gordon Kendrew Pape (born 1936) is aCanadian author and newsletter publisher. He has written more than 20 books on a variety of themes, including novels, personal finance guides, and Christmas trivia.
One of Canada's most respected financial authors and an expert on mutual funds[citation needed], Gordon Pape is the editor and publisher of the Internet Wealth Builder (IWB), The Income Investor, and The Canada Report and founding editor Mutual Funds/ETFs Update. His best-selling books include Retirement's Harsh New Realities, Sleep-Easy Investing, 6 Steps to $1 Million, Get Control of Your Money, Retiring Wealthy in the 21st Century, Quizmas: Christmas Trivia Family Fun, Quizmas Carols, and The Retirement Time Bomb. He was the first one to get out a book about the TFSA, which he followed up with a more elaborate sequel within a very short period of time. These were titled: Tax-Free Saving Accounts and The Ultimate TFSA Guide.
He is a columnist for Zoomer magazine, The Fund Library, Insurance and Investment Journal, The Toronto Star, and GlobeinvestorGOLD.com and is a frequent guest on radio and television programs across Canada.
Born in San Francisco, California, he moved to Canada as a teenager with his family in 1950. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1959 from Carleton University, after which he worked for several years as a Parliamentary reporter in Quebec City and Ottawa and as a foreign correspondent in London. He received, with two co-writers, an award from the Governor-General of Canada for a series of articles about Montreal architecture. Pape has three children and nine grandchildren. His youngest daughter, Deborah Kerbel, is his co-author on the Quizmas series of books. She has gone on to become a successful YA author.
References
- "Canadian Who's Who 1997 entry". http://www.utpress.utoronto.ca/cgi-bin/cw2w3.cgi?p=pacheco&t=97440&d=865. Retrieved March 29, 2006.
- "Speaker's Spotlight; Gordon Pape entry". http://www.speakers.ca/pape_gordon.aspx. Retrieved April 25, 2010.
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