James R. Stevens is The North Writer. As author of many enduring nonfiction books, James (or Jim, as many people affectionately call him) tackles life, culture, and history in northern Ontario with his writing. Best known for Sacred Legends of the Sandy Lake Cree and Angelique Abandoned, Jim just released his latest book - Black Auntie's House of Ill Repute. It's an exciting, true-story account of one woman's escape from slavery to make a home in what is now Thunder Bay, Ontario.