Meet Susan Code - Writer, Editor and Local Historian.

Susan is the author of A Matter of Honour and Other Tales of Early Perth (1996), co-author of Inside the Tent, 45 Years on Parliament Hill (1998), with Tom Van Dusen, and editor of Draw Up a Chair -- A Treasury of Renfrew County Storytelling. All are published by General Store Publishing House, Burnstown, Ontario.

A Matter of Honour is a collection of a dozen true stories about some of the more fascinating events of Perth's early days. Duels, hangings and everyday shenanigans punctuate the pages of this entertaining history.

A Movie - "A Matter of Honour" based on her story of the last duel in Canada in this book was shot in Perth in 1997.

In 2000, the University of Toronto Opera Division launched a world premiere of "The Last Duel" by Gary Kulesha with libretto by Michael Patrick Albano.[summary]

Inside the Tent is an amusing, thoughtful and personal chronicle of Tom Van Dusen, whose career as a reporter and political aide gave him an insider's view of the major political events of the last half-century.

Draw Up a Chair celebrates the County of Renfrew, past and present, through the words of nearly thirty local writers.