蓋伊·範德海格1951齣生於加拿大薩斯喀徹溫省。他的第一部作品《走下坡路的人》（1982）獲加拿大最高文學奬——總督文學奬與英國菲伯奬，此後他發錶瞭長篇小說《我現在的年齡》，此書獲得1984年布剋奬提名。他在1989年發錶的長篇小說《鄉思》獲得多倫多市圖書奬。他的作品《事物真相》，是一部受到廣泛好評的短篇小說集。

Originally published in 1996, The Englishman’s Boy is the first in a Guy Vanderhaeghe trilogy that includes the nationally best-selling novel The Last Crossing, with the third book due to be published next year. By far his most successful book in his native Canada, The Englishman’s Boy expertly depicts an American West where greed and deception act side by side with honor and strength. In 1920s Hollywood, elusive movie studio owner Damon Ira Chance is obsessed with making pictures rooted in American history and experience, with the poetry of fact. So when he discovers that one of the most popular bit players in the Westerns is a real-life tin god—the last buffalo of the old West, Shorty McAdoo—he commissions an ambitious young screenwriter named Harry Vincent to hunt Shorty down and retell his story. Richly textured and evocative, this is an unforgettable story about power, greed, and the pull of dreams. At once an intensely original character study and a hugely entertaining page-turner, The Englishman’s Boy is a gritty, resonant novel of timeless beauty and insight.