Hello.
I am the author of eleven narrative non fiction books, published in Canada and elsewhere –history, biography, business sagas, true crime– and have won a Canadian Authors Award. I have written for both Canadian and American newspapers and magazines.
I live in Toronto, Canada.
NEW BOOK
PUBLICATION DATE:
FEB. 3, 2026. PAPERBACK AND EBOOK. DUNDURN PRESS. AT YOUR FAVOURITE BOOKSELLER AND THROUGH AMAZON BOOKS.
The most astonishing and extraordinary bequests and last requests in people's wills, recent and past. Unusually unique, eccentric, vindictive, family conflicts.
For example: A one-page will fought over for two decades by three generations. A will that left a mansion and its grounds to a parrot. Developers could do nothing until it died – and parrots have long lives. A contested will that ordered the deceased's horses to be killed by a police firing squad. The will that left far more money to sons than daughters, sparking a landmark gender discrimination case.
These stories and many more will amuse, entertain, shock, and inform.
REVIEWS
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"People speak from the grave and Susan Goldenberg brings their stories to life."
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"Susan Goldenberg has done remarkable research to unearth unusual provisions people have written into their wills. Then, she's surrounded the facts with legal and historical context, and a dose of human psychology and the result is an enlightening and entertaining read." –Mark Bulgutch, co- author of How Canada Works
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"Will Power gives us compelling stories of wills that were questionable, wills that left legacies to communities, and wills that were just plain bizarre in their intent and in their outcome. Who would have thought that legal reading could be so entertaining." –Michael Hill, author of The Lost Prime Ministers.
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"Through outstanding research Susan Goldenberg has unearthed stories of charming generosity alongside examples of shocking racism and gender discrimination. At the same time the reader and future will-designer learns much about legal principles that govern the settling of wills in Canada. Timely and entertaining." –Sharon Anne Cook, author of The Castleton Massacre.
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PRE-RELEASE PRAISE
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"People speak from the grave and Susan Goldenberg brings their stories to life."
–Gordon Henderson, author of Man in the Shadows. -
"Susan Goldenberg has done remarkable research to unearth unusual provisions people have written into their wills. Then, she's surrounded the facts with legal and historical context, and a dose of human psychology and the result is an enlightening and entertaining read." –Mark Bulgutch, co- author of How Canada Works
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"Will Power gives us compelling stories of wills that were questionable, wills that left legacies to communities, and wills that were just plain bizarre in their intent and in their outcome. Who would have thought that legal reading could be so entertaining." –Michael Hill, author of The Lost Prime Ministers.
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"Through outstanding research Susan Goldenberg has unearthed stories of charming generosity alongside examples of shocking racism and gender discrimination. At the same time the reader and future will-designer learns much about legal principles that govern the settling of wills in Canada. Timely and entertaining." –Sharon Anne Cook, author of The Castleton Massacre.
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