C.C. Benison is the nom de plume of Doug Whiteway. His first book, Death at Buckingham Palace won the Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel. He followed that series with the Father Christmas mysteries, featuring, as amateur sleuth, the vicar of the English village of Thornford Regis, Tom Christmas. Titles include Twelve Drummers Drumming, Eleven Pipers Piping and Ten Lords A-Leaping. Benison lives in Winnipeg.