
Born in 1919 at Brandon, Manitoba, Frank lived most of his life on the prairies. He graduated at the University of Saskatchewan in 1955, with a Bachelor of Arts, and in 1957, took his Master's Degree in Social Work at the University of Toronto. Anderson was a long-time student of western history which led him to writing many books and numerous short stories on Western Canadian history, eventually becoming the publisher of Frontier Books on the same subject.

Rings and Categories of Modules
1974
ISBN 9780387978451
Almighty Voice
1971
ISBN 9780919214255
The Rumrunners
1991
ISBN 9781894864404
A dance with death
1996
ISBN 9781895618822
The Riel Rebellion 1885
1950
ISBN 9780919214033
The Death of Albert Johnson
1968
ISBN 9780919214163
The Border Bank Bandits
1990
ISBN 9780888392558