Marq de Villiers, CM is a South African-Canadian writer and journalist.
In 1989 he became the first recipient of the prestigious Alan Paton Award for White Tribe Dreaming.
[2] He and his wife, the writer Sheila Hirtle, live in Middle LaHave, Nova Scotia.
Marq de Villiers was editor of Toronto Life magazine from 1981 to 1992 and subsequently publisher.
[3] In 2011 his book, Our Way Out was published, dealing with the problems surrounding climate change, and possible solutions.