About the Author

Sukh D. H. Khokhar is a Canadian mystery writer, poet, multimedia mural artist, illustrator, and educator based in Calgary, Alberta.

As Executive Director of the Thompson Citizenship Council Inc. (1985–2008), she pioneered the race relations movement in northern Manitoba in 1990 and promoted it to the national level, raising awareness of minority issues and human rights by delivering successful interactive workshops to schools, businesses, and community groups, and coordinating "Thompson from Many Lands" multicultural radio programs for twenty-four years into the millennium.

A recipient of the Governor General's Commemorative Medal, she had the privilege of working with RCMP Commissioner Norman D. Inkster and Phil Murray to diversify the national force, documenting the historical policy initiatives in the book The Changing Face of the RCMP, available at the Solicitor General of Canada's Departmental Library in Ottawa.

Winner of numerous awards including The City of Thompson Race Relations Merit Award, Outstanding Community Service Award, Best Portrait and Sketch Artist Award, and author and compiler of a series of multicultural education resource books. The first paperback edition of her critically acclaimed debut novel, The Mystery of the Rose: The Return of the Prince, was longlisted for the 2013 Crossword Book Award. The short version of her mystical adventure in a poetry eBook, Dark Mystery: I am a Demon, I'm a Ghost, was released in Kindle and Kobo editions in 2013, featuring 30 full-color illustrations. The eBook is available on Amazon.com, at Chapters-Indigo, and at many retail stores in Asia, Europe, and North America.

Her artwork can be viewed at her Art Gallery: www.artpal.com/sukh2 and on her website www.mysteryoftherose.com.