Jack Whyte — a Scottish Canadian novelist who lived in Kelowna, B.C., for 25 years — died of cancer Monday at 80. Michele and Michael Neill, who co-own Mosaic Books in downtown Kelowna, first met Whyte when the couple moved to the central Okanagan city in 1995 and purchased the bookstore. "He was just full of energy and what a storyteller," Neill said of his friend who also loved to sing. In September 2018, Whyte told fellow novelists that research on historical details played a substantial role in his crafting process. Michele Neill, right, co-owner of Kelowna's Mosaic Books store where Jack Whyte, left, hosted several book launches, remembers the writer for his exhaustive research on his novels.

Source: CBC News February 25, 2021 01:52 UTC