Born on December 14th, 1923 in Vasa, Finland, Greta Vesterback Nelson, a Burnaby writer, has brought to life her family's experiences as new Canadians in the first half of this century in Looking Back: The Vesterback Family Story 1891-1943 from Finland to Aldergrove (1994). She is also the author of English Through Experience (Copp Clark Publishing, 1968), with N.E. Nelson.

[BCBW 2004]