Allan Bartley has researched the history of the KKK in Canada for over a decade. In 1995, he published the article "A Public Nuisance: The Ku Klux Klan in Ontario 1923-27" in the Journal of Canadian Studies. He is also the author of <i>Alexander MacNeill, A Political Life</i> and <i>Heroes in Waiting: The 160th Battalion in the Great War</i>. A former intelligence analyst for Canadian security agencies, he lives in Ottawa.