Gordon Kendrew Pape (born 1936) is a Canadian author and newsletter publisher. He has written more than 20 books on a variety of themes, including novels, personal finance guides, and Christmas trivia.
One of Canada's most respected financial authors and an expert on mutual funds, Gordon Pape is the editor and publisher of the Internet Wealth Builder (IWB), The Income Investor, and The Canada Report and founding editor Mutual Funds/ETFs Update. His best-selling books include Retirement's Harsh New Realities, Sleep-Easy Investing, 6 Steps to $1 Million, Get Control of Your Money, Retiring Wealthy in the 21st Century, Quizmas: Christmas Trivia Family Fun, Quizmas Carols, and The Retirement Time Bomb. He was the first one to get out a book about the TFSA, which he followed up with a more elaborate sequel within a very short period of time. These were titled: Tax-Free Saving Accounts and The Ultimate TFSA Guide.
He is a columnist for Zoomer magazine, The Fund Library, Insurance and Investment Journal, The Toronto Star, and GlobeinvestorGOLD.com and is a frequent guest on radio and television programs across Canada.
Born in San Francisco, California, he moved to Canada as a teenager with his family in 1950. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1959 from Carleton University, after which he worked for several years as a Parliamentary reporter in Quebec City and Ottawa and as a foreign correspondent in London. He received, with two co-writers, an award from the Governor-General of Canada for a series of articles about Montreal architecture. Pape has three children and nine grandchildren. His youngest daughter, Deborah Kerbel, is his co-author on the Quizmas series of books. She has gone on to become a successful YA author.