Aaron Williams

Aaron Williams is a Canadian writer and former logger and forest firefighter from British Columbia, best known for his memoirs about wildfire and the forestry industry. His books include *Chasing Smoke: A Wildfire Memoir* (2017) and *The Last Logging Show: A Forestry Family at the End of an Era* (2024), the latter of which won the 2025 Edna Staebler Award.

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