Grit Laskin has been a professional guitar maker since 1971, builds steel-string, classical, and flamenco guitars that are known and coveted around the world. In 1997, he received Canada’s prestigious Saidye Bronfman Award for Excellence in the Fine Crafts and is the only instrument maker to be so honored. In addition to building guitars, Grit is known internationally for his groundbreaking Inlay Art, as evidenced in his recent book, GRAND COMPLICATIONS– 50 Guitars + 50 Stories. He is the co-founder of the Association of Stringed Instrument Artisans (ASIA). In 2021 he was presented with the Order of Canada, the country’s highest civilian honor, given to those whose efforts and innovations have enriched the national culture. Most recently he has also become a novelist, with his first mystery/thriller published in 2024: The Stradivari Formula.