Maxwell Newhouse is one of the country's most accomplished folk artists. His work is exhibited in galleries across Canada. He is well known for his paintings of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, which are gathered together for the first time in The RCMP Musical Ride. He has illustrated five books for Tundra, including Emily Carr: At the Edge of the World by Jo Ellen Bogart, Laura Secord by Janet Lunn, and, Let's Go for a Ride, which he both wrote and illustrated and was nominated for a Governor General's Award for illustration. He lives in Cultus Lake, British Columbia.