Hudson's Bay Company

Stephen R. Bown is a Canadian author of narrative nonfiction who writes about exploration, science, commerce, and the ideas that shaped the modern world. Across a long run of books, he has focused on sweeping historical subjects while aiming to make them readable and engaging for a broad audience.

His books have been published widely in English-speaking countries and translated into multiple languages. Sources about his work consistently describe him as a popular historian, and The Company: The Rise and Fall of the Hudson's Bay Empire has been recognized with major nonfiction honors.

Readers drawn to adventurous history will find the same curiosity running through much of his catalog, from maritime exploration to medical history to the rise of trading empires. In The Company, that approach becomes especially clear: he treats the Hudson’s Bay Company not just as a business story, but as a dramatic part of the making of Canada.