Gerald Donaldson
Gerald Donaldson was a Canadian sports journalist and biographer who specialized in covering Formula One. He authored over 20 books, some republished multiple times.
Born in Ontario, Canada, he dropped out of high school and later attended the Ontario College of Art as a mature student between years of independent travel in Canada, Mexico and France. He began his career as an advertising copywriter and later became a sports journalist. He focused on Formula One, writing more than 20 books, including biographies. He was a member of the Writers' Union of Canada, and inducted into the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame in 2018, and in the Formula 1 Paddock Hall of Fame. Later in life, he lived in Chipping Campden, England with his second wife, Diane Fine, a Canadian artist. He died at the age of 87.