Howard White was born in 1945 in Abbotsford, British Columbia and grew up in logging camps along the coast. He is the owner and president of Harbour Publishing and lives in Pender Harbour.

Books by Howard White

	1983 The Men There Were Then (poems)
	1983 A Hard Man to Beat: The Story of Bill White: Labour Leader, Historian, Shipyard Worker, Raconteur (biography)
	1987 Spilsbury's Coast: Pioneer Years in the Wet West (with Jim Spilsbury, biography)
	1990 Writing in the Rain (anthology)
	1991 Patrick and the Backhoe (children)
	1993 The Ghost in the Gears (poetry)
	1994 The Accidental Airline: Spilsbury's QCA (with Jim Spilsbury, nonfiction)
	1996 The Sunshine Coast: From Gibsons to Powell River (travel)
	2006 The Airplane Ride (children)
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Awards

• Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize
  • 1994 – Ghost in the Gears – Winner

• Order of Canada
  • 2007 – Member

• Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize
  • 1989 – Accidental Airline – Shortlisted

• Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour
  • 1991 – Writing in the Rain – Winner

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Added 12 March 2006.
Updated 07 January 2012.