Biography Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II. He later attended the University of Saskatchewan, where he obtained a degree in law in 1951.
His varied career includes a stint as a reporter for the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix and a thirty-year law practice in Peace River, Alberta. He retired from the law in 1984 to devote time to croquet, marble collecting and writing fiction. He conceived, produced and starred in Sorry 'Bout That, the longest running annual burlesque revue in Western Canada. He is the author of The Big Bamboozle; Caverns of the Cross; A Fat Lot of Good and its sequals, Maquiladora Mayhem and You Should Live so Long; Garage Sale of the Mind and its sequal Coots, Codgers and Curmudgeons (with Dwayne W. Rowe); You Should Live so Long; Sorry 'Bout That and Modus Operandi 9/11. At one time a ranking Canadian player of international and USCA croquet, in 2001 Hal placed in the top 25 shooters in the World Marble Championships in London, England.
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