Gordon Henderson
Author • Journalist • Filmmaker • Historian
Discover Gordon Henderson’s latest works and upcoming releases, and delve into recent interviews. Whether you’ve read Gordon’s books before or are just discovering his storytelling, there’s plenty to learn and enjoy.
Books by Gordon Henderson
Man in the Shadows
When D’Arcy McGee was murdered, the first person to reach his side was Will Trotter, a pageboy and the son of McGee’s landlady. There were no eyewitnesses to the crime. Patrick James Whelan never denied that he was part of a conspiracy, but always claimed he was not the man who killed D’Arcy McGee. He said that, on the night of the assassination, he was drinking with “a fellow called Marshall.”With those facts in mind, I wrote this story.
Out of the Shadows
Set during the dramatic Red River Resistance of 1869-1870 and the birth of Manitoba, the novel is told through the perspective of a young Irish-Canadian journalist, Conor O’Dea. Under mysterious circumstances, after working for the assassinated politician D’Arcy McGee, O’Dea is sent West, and to Sir John A. Macdonald’s horror befriends Louis Riel. Macdonald never understood Louis Riel and never really tried to.
Coming Soon
The Pact
The Pact is built around the plight of British Home Children sent to Canada at the turn of the last century. To clear England of “undesirables,” home children were exported to Canada as servants and farm hands. They were often dismissed as “waifs and strays,” “Street Arabs,” with “tainted blood.” One was my grandmother. That’s what inspired me to write this story.
The Shadow of Deception
Coming soon from At Bay Press, Shadow of Deception is book three in the Canadian Shadows Series.
About Gordon Henderson
Gordon Henderson is an award-winning journalist, documentary filmmaker, and historian with a career spanning over fifty years. He has produced more than 100 acclaimed programs for network television, and was a senior producer of Canada: A People’s History. His writing reflects a lifelong passion for uncovering Canada’s past.
