Michael Elcock was born in Forres, Scotland and grew up in Edinburgh and West Africa. He emigrated to Canada when he was twenty-one and worked in pulp mills, in the woods as a faller, on west coast fishing boats, and as a ski instructor. Along the way he earned a B.A. and M.Ed. in comparative studies at the University of Victoria - with post-graduate studies in Quebec, Sweden, Germany, Belgium and Scotland. He was Athletic Director at the University of Victoria for ten years, before going into the field of festivals and events. He was subsequently appointed founding CEO of Tourism Victoria, before moving some years later with his wife and daughter to Andalusia to work on developing Spain’s World Expo. He has broadcast for the BBC, and published many articles on a wide variety of subjects in periodicals, newspapers, magazines and anthologies in the UK, and Canada. Michael has served on TWUC's National Council, and on the Board of Directors of Access Copyright. He now lives in Victoria, BC.