Edward Butts has written more than two dozen books about Canadianhistory and adventure for readers of all ages. He writes factual accounts about explorers, outlaws, mysteries, disasters, lost treasure and Canadian battles. His titles include Line of Fire, The Desperate Ones, Running With Dillinger, Simon Girty: Wilderness Warrior, and Wartime: The First World War in a Canadian Town which won the Ontario Historical Society's J.J. Talman Award. Several of Ed's other books have also been nominated for awards. Ed was a school teacher in the Dominican Republic for eight years. His experiences as a grammar teacher resulted in his book Idioms for Aliens, a humorous look at English grammar. Ed also wrote the lyrics for Funky Phonics and Singing Sight Words, multi-volume collections of songs designed to help young children learn to read; and contributed lyrics to a collection of songs about Canada’s prime ministers. Ed has written teacher’s guides for such books as I Came as a Stranger and Safe as Houses. He has given talks in schools and other venues. Ed has written hundreds of articles for numerous publications including the Toronto Star and the Globe & Mail. For several years he wrote a monthly historical column for the Guelph Mercury-Tribune.  Ed lives in Guelph, Ontario, with his daughter Melanie and grandson Austin.
Books
Pirates & Outlaws of Canada (with Harold Horwood), 1984, Doubleday Canada. Republished 2003 by Lynx Images 
Bandits & Privateers: Canada in the Age of Gunpowder, (with Harold Horwood)1987, Doubleday Canada
Idioms for Aliens: A Grammar Revue of Plays and Verse, 2003, Maupin House (USA)
Outlaws of the Lakes, 2004, Lynx Images 
She Dared, 2005, Tundra
Guiding Lights, Tragic Shadows: Tales of Great Lakes Lighthouses, 2005, Lynx Images
True Canadian Disaster Stories, 2006, Prospero/Key Porter
The Desperate Ones: Forgotten Canadian Outlaws, 2006, Dundurn (nominated for Arthur Ellis Award)
True Canadian Unsolved Mysteries, 2007, Prospero/Key Porter
True Stories of Canadian Battlefields, 2007, Prospero/Key Porter
SOS: Stories of Survival, 2007, Tundra (nominated for Red Maple and Hackmatack Awards)
Running With Dillinger, 2008, Dundurn
X Doesn't Mark the Spot, 2008, Tundra
True Canadian Explorers, 2008, Prospero/Key Porter
Line of Fire, 2009, Dundurn
Henry Hudson: New World Voyager, 2009, Dundurn
Ghost Stories of Newfoundland & Labrador, 2010, Dundurn
Shipwrecks, Monsters and Mysteries of the Great Lakes, 2010, Tundra (nominated for Hackmatack Award)
Murder: Twelve True Stories of Homicide in Canada, 2011, Dundurn
Simon Girty: Wilderness Warrior, 2011, Dundurn
Bodyguards: From Gladiators to the Secret Service, 2012, Annick
Sheridan Nurseries: One Hundred Years of People, Plans and Plants (with Karl Stensson), 2012, Dundurn
Wrong Side of the Law: True Stories of Crime, 2013, Dundurn
Behind the Badge, 2014, Annick
Rum, Blood & Treasure: Stories Strange and True from Atlantic Canada, 2016, Formac
Bandits & Renegades, 2016, RJ Parker Publishing
Wartime: The First World War in a Canadian Town, 2017, James Lorimer & Co.  (J.J. Talman Award)
The Mad, Bad & Dangerous Vol. 1, 2018, Vronsky Parker Publications
The Mad, Bad & Dangerous Vol. 2, 2018, Vronsky Parker Publications