Born in Scotland, with Scottish and Irish forefathers, Ernest Hume worked in various professions ranging from designing to manufacturing, accounting (CMA) to publishing, and has interests extending from music to philosophy, art to quantum mechanics. He held executive and management positions in banking, manufacturing, radio and television broadcasting, drug addiction, the Red Cross and the United Church as well as many entrepreneurial enterprises. He earned a certificate of merit from the Burns Federation, published in the Humanist in Canada and won numerous awards as a publisher of newsletters. He is currently a member of the Historical Novel Society.