“There isn’t a person in this country James Clarke’s book won’t appeal to: lawyers should read it to see that someone up there (on the bench, that is) is really listening; victims (on both sides) should read it to see that they are being heard by our judiciary; poets and writers, lovers, those who have lost someone they love, anyone who has ever had the feeling that ‘life is not fair’ will find something to take away with them from this book.” —Susan Musgrave
James Clarke was a Justice of the Ontario Court of Justice, General Division. Silver Mercies was his first book of poetry. He has gone on to release 10 volumes of poetry with Exile, and one memoir.