Born in Carlisle, England, Alan Cogan (1927-2020) immigrated to Toronto in 1949 and spent forty years in advertising, public relations and business communications in Canada and Australia. Alan and his wife, Cecilia, spent the first 13 years of his retirement in Ajijic, before moving back to Canada in 2006.
Alan had short stories and travel articles published in a number of Canadian and U.S. magazines.