Douglas Gray DOUGLAS GRAY, LL.B., is a Vancouver-based expert on estate and retirement planning. Formerly a practicing business and real estate lawyer, he is now a consultant, speaker, columnist and author of 25 bestselling business and personal finance books(published primarily by McGraw-Hill and John Wiley & Sons), including the “Top 10 National Best-seller,” The Canadian Snowbird Guide. Many of these books have been published in other languages and adapted for foreign jurisdictions. Douglas has also designed a real estate investment software program for McGraw-Hill Ryerson and has been a regular expert contributor on personal finances issues for various internet sites and CD-ROM products, including Microsoft Money and QuickTax—Home and Business. He has also been a regular contributor to the Microsoft Canada Small Business web site and the Microsoft Network Canadian Money Central web site. Douglas has given seminars and presentations to over 250,000 people nationally and internationally in his various areas of expertise. Frequently interviewed by the media as an authority on personal finance and retirement matters, Douglas has appeared many times on various CBC, CTV and Global TV programs. He has given over 1,500 media interviews. He has been a regular columnist for Profit, Computer Paper, Canadian Computer Wholesaler, Canada News and Forever Young and a nationally syndicated columnist for Southam Press. He has also been a periodic contributor to the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, House and Home, Macleans, Good Times, Canadian Moneysaver, Adviser’s Edge, The Successful Investor and many other publications.His family of web sites includes estateplanning.ca, retirementplanning.ca, snowbird.ca, homebuyer.ca and smallbiz.ca. DIANA GRAY is an experienced business owner and consultant. Her company provides centralized business services to small and medium-sized companies as well as home-based businesses. Diana lives in Vancouver, BC. Read More Read Less