Dying author finds co-writer to finish final book

ctvbc.ca. Published Sunday, September 26, 2010 6:13PM PDT

Renowned author and Vancouver historian Chuck Davis has spent the last five years putting together what he calls the capstone of his career – but he won’t be able to finish it on his own.

On Tuesday, Davis learned the cancer that has spread to his left lung is inoperable. Doctors told him he has only months left to live.

But his last book, The History of Metropolitan Vancouver, is missing 16 chapters. Davis was forced to start searching for someone to complete his magnum opus.

“There’s not much time left and I need to get this book done,” he said. “I put out a public plea for a writer. We now have one.”

The co-author, who has not been named, has big shoes to fill. Davis’ publishing career began almost thirty years ago with a guide to Vancouver, followed by….