Who We Are
Grace Bogaert
Writer, Creator and Producer, Knives in the Water
Author and award-winning screenwriter. Her first novel, The Girl from Mena Creek, sold thousands of copies in Australia where the story takes place. The book was later translated into Chinese as Castle of Dreams. Her second novel, Shiver, was based on her supernatural thriller screenplay by the same name.
For the last decade, Grace has been researching true crime, in particular missing persons and cold cases. In preparation for her next book, Secrets from the Darkroom, she has uncovered new leads in a string of serial killings in the Greater Toronto Area between 1972 and 1980.
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Nick Pron
Author, Crime Story
Nick Pron worked the crime beat for nearly three decades as a reporter at the Toronto Star newspaper, observing and reporting on the dark side of Canada’s largest city. He also covered over a hundred criminal trials, many of those murder cases. As the Selina Shen murder case progressed, Pron got close to the prime suspect, Rui-Wen Pan. When Pan was finally arrested, Pron visited him in the Don Jail. He reported on all three trials before Pan was finally convicted and sentenced to life. His and Donovan’s notes formed the basis for Crime Story. Pron also covered the Bernardo/Homolka murder trials on which he based his second book, Lethal Marriage. Pron followed police for years as they hunted in vain for a serial rapist in east end Toronto. It was only after Paul Bernardo moved to St. Catharines, with his wife Karla Homolka, and went on to murder three young girls that they were finally caught and convicted. After retiring from the Star, Pron did freelance writing for the Toronto Police Association, the union representing the Toronto police force. Today he’s a huge fan of the National Football League.
Kevin Donovan
Author, Crime Story
Kevin Donovan has reported for the Toronto Star for more than three decades, where he is currently Chief Investigative Reporter. His writing focusses on exposing wrongdoing and effecting change. His reports on the activities of charities, government, police, business, among other institutions, has garnered him several journalism awards. Donovan has corresponded internationally, from the battlefields in the Gulf War and the war in Afghanistan following 9/11, to small communities in Ontario. His podcast, Death in a Small Town, delves into the fatal injury of a toddler at the home of his babysitter. He is the author of several books, including the best-selling The Billionaire Murders, probing the mysterious deaths of generic drug mogul Barry Sherman and his philanthropist wife Honey. The story is also the subject of a podcast and a true crime docuseries now airing on CRAVE.